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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Franz Wier, Goggingen, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; B60R / ; B60R / ; B60R / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
297480 ; 297482 ;
Abstract
A vehicle occupant restraint system includes a belt pretensioner with a belt pretensioner housing, a belt link element with a housing, a tension transmission element coupling the belt pretensioner and the belt link element with each other, a tubular body which encompasses the tension transmission element outside the belt pretensioner housing, and a stationary counterpart. The stationary counterpart has a curved guide. The belt pretensioner displaces the belt link element via the tension transmission element in the event of a collision upon actuation of the belt pretensioner, so that the tubular body penetrates into the a curved guide and is bent.