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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Artur Fohl, Schorndorf, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Repa GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280806 ; 60635 ; 60638 ; 188374 ; 297480 ;
Abstract
In an energy converter in a restraining system for vehicle occupants a particularly smooth profile of the force as a function of the travel is achieved in that only a few deformation members are provided which effect a plastic deformation of a tubular converter body (10). A plate (30) is pivotal between a rest position inclined to the axis of the converter body (10) and an erected operating position in which it brings the deformation members (30a) formed at its radially outer ends into engagement with the inner side of the converter body (10).