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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gunter Maierhofer, Ulm, DE;
Gerhard Klingauf, Balzheim, DE;
Dieter Beck, Gerstetten, DE;
Katharina Löw, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Takata-Petri (Ulm) GmbH, Ulm, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/246 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/246 ;
Abstract
A drive for a belt tensioner for safety belts has a drive chamber formed between two plates. A drive band whose two ends are fastened to a drive shaft such that the drive band forms a loop which can be exposed to expanding gas discharged from a gas outlet such that the drive band winds off and drives the drive shaft. The drive band is fixed to the plates by a fixing apparatus at a position disposed between its ends.