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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erwin B uhr, Schw abisch Gm und, DE;
Volker Holzapfel, St. Wendel, DE;
J urgen Petzi, Geislingen-Eybach, DE;
Klaus B ohmler, Schw abisch Gm und, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Repa GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280806 ; 242374 ; 60632 ;
Abstract
A belt pretensioner for a safety belt comprises a pyrotechnic propellant charge (34) able to be operated by a fuze (48) and adapted to act on a drive device for a belt pretensioner. The drive device comprises a piston (18), adapted to be moved in translation, of a piston and cylinder unit. The pyrotechnic propellant charge (34) is mounted within the extent of a cylinder space (28) enclosed by the piston and cylinder unit. The fuze (48) is designed in the form of a self-contained unit and arranged separately from the propellant charge (34).