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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Zf Automotive Germany Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;
Werner Freisler, Schwabisch Gmünd, DE;
ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Alfdorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention describes a holding device () for holding and releasing a tensioning means () of a vehicle safety system. The holding device () includes a pyrotechnical actuator assembly () for holding and, in terms of signals, specifically releasing the tensioning means (), wherein the actuator assembly () comprises a plastic base () in which a pyrotechnical unit () including a propelling charge and an igniter () is accommodated and held, wherein the pyrotechnical unit () has a rear side () and an opposite front side (), and a tensioning means holder () which is adjacent to the front side () of the pyrotechnical unit () and covers the same and which is detachably supported on the plastic base (). The holding device () additionally includes a reinforcing element () which is supported to be axially movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the reinforcing element () in a second position is disengaged from the tensioning means holder () and in a first position is at least partially accommodated in the tensioning means holder () and mechanically reinforces the same. Furthermore, an airbag module () is described.