Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.

Key Safety Systems, Inc.

Volkswagen Ag

Trw Occupant Restraint Systems Gmbh

Walter Krauss

Martin Specht

Thomas Schrott

Stephan Schwald

Thomas Kilian

Stefan Schwald

Michael Bär

Rainer Schr&ouml;ter

Mark Seer

A belt buckle for a vehicle safety belt, comprising a housing () which is formed by at least two housing shells () joined together and in which a locking mechanism () is arranged, and a pushbutton (), provided on said housing, for operating the locking mechanism (), wherein at least two housing shells () are joined together at their shell rims and that elongated cover strips () made of solid material and covering the mutually abutting rims () of the housing shells () are fixed to the joined housing shells ().

Belt buckle for a vehicle safety belt

A device for tightening a seat belt has a piston () drivable linearly in a piston guide () by the gas pressure of a propellant gas. A gearing () is also caused to move by the piston (), the gearing serving the transmission of the piston movement to a pinion (). The pinion () is connected to, or configured to be connected to, a belt spool of a seat belt retractor () in a manner whereby rotation of the pinion causes rotation of the belt spool. The gearing () on associated with the piston () is mounted displaceable transversely to the piston's direction of movement and meshes with the pinion () as a result of gas pressure in an expandable bladder ().

Device for tightening a seat belt

An assembly of seat belt buckle and a seat belt tightener has a seat belt buckle that is connected to a seat belt tightener by a pulling element. The pulling element is firmly connected within a buckle casing to a buckle mechanism of the belt buckle. The pulling element, in a region directly adjacent to the buckle casing is at least partly enclosed by a cover. The cover has an exterior shape that is tapered towards a direction in which the buckle is pulled during a seat belt tightening process. The external dimensions of the cover in the region of its larger cross section approximate the external dimensions of the adjacent end of the buckle casing and in the external dimensions of the cover in the region of its smaller cross section approximate to the external dimensions of the pulling element. Put another way, the taper of the cover approximates a taper defined by the external dimensions of an adjacent end of the buckle casing and the external dimensions of the cable over the length of the cover.

Assembly of seat belt buckle and belt tightener

A seat belt retractor for a seat belt system in a motor vehicle has a belt reel for the winding and unwinding of seat belt webbing. At least one locking element can lock the belt reel against further rotation. Forces exerted by the seat belt webbing can be introduced into a frame connected to the vehicle. The locking device has at least one gear that can be locked by at least one lock operating device and also has at least one energy absorbing device.

Seat belt retractor with a load limiter

A device for the lateral outward guiding of an electric cable installed in a tube has a deflector is arranged inside the tube obliquely to the longitudinal direction of the tube. The electric cable is deflected by the deflector through a lateral opening in the casing of the tube.

Guide sleeve for electric cable emerging from a tube

An apparatus for tensioning a seatbelt has a piston that is driven in a guide tube and is connected to the belt webbing of the seatbelt via a traction cable and with a cable guide for the traction cable. The traction cable acts on one end of the belt webbing of the seatbelt and is looped around the cable guide 180&deg;. The portion of traction cable extending between the cable guide and the belt webbing is guided substantially parallel to the axial direction of the guide tube.

Apparatus for tensioning a seatbelt

A seat belt buckle carrier unit free from rattling noises having a connecting element held in a specific place by a fixing device. The fixing device can be formed by a spring steel wire which is fixed at one end and with its free end, exerts pressure on the connecting element. To ensure reliable contact between the spring steel wire and the connecting element, the spring steel wire can have, at its end exerting a pressure on the connecting element, a loop that surrounds the connecting element.

Seatbelt buckle carrier unit

A seat belt retractor has a belt reel for the seat belt webbing. A load limiter allows limited extraction of the belt webbing with energy absorption when the belt reel is blocked. The absorption of energy is adjustable as a function of crash-related data and the rotating movement of the belt reel is scanned for this purpose when the extraction of the belt webbing is limited.

Seat belt retractor

A seat belt buckle has a guide channel formed in a buckle frame into which a tongue connected to a seat belt can be inserted. An ejector, located in the guide channel acts, as an ejector spring in the ejection direction opposite to the insertion direction of the tongue. A locking element is mounted on the buckle frame and can be moved out of an unlocking position into a locking position in order to lock the tongue in the guide channel. A securing element is movable between a securing position for holding the locking element in the locking position and a release position for releasing the locking element. A blocking device is mounted on the securing element and is moved into a blocking position when the locking element is in the locking position. The securing element is held in the securing position against a movement into the release position, whereby the blocking device is held in the blocking position by the ejector.

Seat belt buckle

A buckle for a seat belt has an interlock that provides impact resistance between an ejector and a support for a securing element for securing the locked state, the interlock being maintained during the retensioning process.

A vehicle for separating a pedal lever (,) pivotable about a spindle (,) from the structure of a motor vehicle, in which the support (,) acting especially as a pressure pipe between the pedal lever (,) and a braking force amplifier (,) has a deformable rod section.

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