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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Klaus Bohmler, Schwabisch Gmund, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280805 ;
Abstract
In a restraining system with a safety belt and an inflatable restraining device the restraining force exerted by the belt on the occupant is limited by a force limiter to a level, which is adjustable and can be adapted to the body size and weight of the vehicle occupant. The adjustment of the force level is performed in such a manner that a characteristic of force versus forward displacement of the vehicle occupant in the event of a vehicle impact has a section of a falling tendency from a point at which contact between the belt webbing and the inflated restraining device is expected to occur.