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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Franz Wier, Goggingen, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
297482 ; 280806 ; 297476 ; 297480 ;
Abstract
A buckle tensioner for a safety belt system has a buckle head, a drive device for displacing the buckle head, the drive device having an element which is driven in the case of restraint, a tension transfer means connecting the driven element to the buckle head, and an intermediate space between the buckle head and the drive device extending along the tension transfer means. The buckle tensioner further has a housing covering the intermediate space between the buckle head and the drive device and surrounding the tension transfer means. The housing is displaced relative to at least one of the buckle head and the drive device during the tensioning process.