Takata Ag

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Takata Petri Ag

Oliver Gloeckler

Heinrich Einsiedel

Wolfgang Schrade

Georg Rasch

Armin Toth

Christoph Pechhold

Peter Linde

Ralf Passmann

Uwe Eisemann

Tobias Miller

The invention relates to a belt retractor for a seat belt having a belt reel for winding up and unwinding the seat belt and a torsion bar which is arranged outside the belt reel and is connected at one bar end to a switchable fixing device. The switchable fixing device keeps the bar end rotationally fixed in one state and permits rotation of the bar end in another state. The switchable fixing device has a displaceable piston which, with a piston portion, in a locking position, can secure the bar end against rotation and, in a release position displaced in relation to the locking position, releases the bar end.

Belt retractor

The invention relates to a belt retractor () for a seatbelt, comprising a belt reel () for winding up and unwinding the seatbelt, and a lockable locking base () which is connected to the belt reel () and, before locking, is rotated together with the belt reel () and, after locking, the rotational movement of said locking base is blocked, wherein, in the event of locking of the locking base () for limiting the belt force, the locking base () and the belt reel () can rotate relative to each other. According to the invention, the belt retractor has a band () which, in the event of a relative rotation between belt reel and locking base, is pulled into a gap (), said gap () being defined by at least one deformable element () which is deformed by the band () pulled into the gap ().

An airbag arrangement for restraining an occupant of a motor vehicle. The vehicle roof is bounded by lateral roof edge regions extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and also bounded by a front window cross member extending transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. A first section of the folded-up airbag can be arranged along a lateral roof edge region. A second section can be angled away from the first section transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, wherein the second section of the airbag is arranged along a longitudinal side of the front window cross member. The airbag can be disconnected from the vehicle body in the region of the second section or be connected releasably thereto when the airbag is deployed. Therefore, when the airbag is deployed, the entire second section can be deployed freely.

Airbag arrangement

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Nersingen, Germany

Oliver Gloeckler