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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Dirk Beisheim, Althengstett, DE;
Werner Bernzen, Ehningen, DE;
Xavier Christmann, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Dominic Reutter, Notzingen, DE;
Juergen Schmitt, Koenigsbach-Stein, DE;
Florian Zenker, Stuttgart, DE;
Dirk Beisheim, Althengstett, DE;
Werner Bernzen, Ehningen, DE;
Xavier Christmann, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Dominic Reutter, Notzingen, DE;
Juergen Schmitt, Koenigsbach-Stein, DE;
Florian Zenker, Stuttgart, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In a restraining device for an occupant of a vehicle, having a belt that can be drawn out or retracted by a lockable retractor, and a reversible seat-belt tightener, in the case of an impending but still avoidable first event the reversible seat-belt tightener automatically exerts and maintains a first tightening force on the belt and/or reduces the first tightening force if the first event is no longer impending. In the case of an impending, no longer avoidable second event, automatically exerts a second tightening force on the belt which is greater than the first tightening force. The first tightening force and the second tightening force acting constantly in the retracting direction.