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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Applicants:
John Bell, Carlisle, GB;
Brian A. Jack, Annan, GB;
David Hunter, Carlisle, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pretensioner for a three point vehicle safety restraint seat belt has a mounting for one end of the seat belt. The mounting has a first member fixed to a load bearing part of the vehicle and a second member attached to the end of the seat belt. A force reservoir, such as a pyrotechnic unit, moves the second member relative to the first member in a pretensioning direction in response to activation by a crash sensor.