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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Arno Kardel, Glückstadt, DE;
Knut Janzen, Brokstedt, DE;
Arno Kardel, Glückstadt, DE;
Knut Janzen, Brokstedt, DE;
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
A deflector for a safety belt system of a motor vehicle with a metal core, which has a mounting aperture in the upper section () and a belt loop in the lower section, and a plastic element that encompasses at least some sections of the metal core. The plastic element having a first section (), which is fixed on the metal core, and a second section () connected to the first section () by means of a film hinge (), which in the fully assembled state covers at least the front side of the upper section () of the metal core and engages with the first section. In order to reliably prevent the second section () from becoming detached from the first section () in case an expanding curtain airbag makes impact on the second section, one of the two sections of the plastic element has a nose () with a first contact surface beside the film hinge, which in the fully assembled state is in contact with a second contact surface of the other section.