A vehicle safety apparatus has a 3-point seatbelt, with a buckle head, and a crash sensor. A pretensioner is connected at the buckle head of the seatbelt for pulling in a length of seatbelt webbing in response to the crash sensor detecting a crash. The pretensioner has a force reservoir and a piston located within and for movement along a pretensioner cylinder under the force of gas from a gas generator. The piston is connected by a cable to the buckle head of the seatbelt. A cable bracket has an inner and outer guide, and wherein the pretensioner cylinder is attached to the inner guide and the buckle mounting is connected to the outer guide.
申请公布号
US6131951(A)
申请公布日期
2000.10.17
申请号
US19990281153
申请日期
1999.03.30
申请人
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
发明人
CHICKEN, DAVID EDWARD;BAINBRIDGE, DOUGLAS ALAN;BURGESS, JOHN HEWETSON BROWN;DOWNIE, ANDREW JOHN;EVANS, RAYMOND GEORGE;SMITH, DAVID;WILLIAMSON, KENNETH