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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2001
Christopher C. Shih, Torrance, CA (US);
Douglas P. Campbell, Metamora, MI (US);
Lee D. Bergerson, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Dean M. Esterberg, Tempe, AZ (US);
Paul A. Bowers, Ray, MI (US);
Ernst M. Faigle, Dryden, MI (US);
Homer W. Fogle, Jr., Mesa, AZ (US);
Ivan L. Stonich, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
David H. Lewis, Jr., Irvine, CA (US);
Eric N. Streif, Higley, AZ (US);
Brian R. Pitstick, Mesa, AZ (US);
Timothy A. Swann, Mesa, AZ (US);
Roy D. Van Wynsberghe, Mesa, AZ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A pretensioner ( ) tensions vehicle seat belt webbing ( ). The pretensioner ( ) has a member ( ) movable by an actuating fluid to tension the seat belt webbing ( ). The pretensioner ( ) further has at least one microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device ( ) energizable to supply actuating fluid to move the member ( ).