A hinged mechanism has a spring element as a reserve force in the form of a flat coiled spring (12) and a releasing element in the form of a safety lever (14) as well as first (16), second (18), third (20) and fourth (22) levers along with first (24), seco...

An airbag doe motor vehicle occupants comprises an airbag (12) containing an insert (30) with at least one flow opening (34) conducting gas directly into the bag interior from an external gas generator (16) connected externally to the insert through at lea...

The belt spool has a torsion rod(34), and a preformed component(52) by which one end(53) of the belt strap is secured in a slot(50) in the body of the spool. The preformed component bears upon the torsion rod so that it is supported if it is loaded by the ...

Belt winder for a vehicle seat belt comprises a frame, a belt reel drive part (12) rotatably arranged on the frame, provided with an external toothed arrangement (20), and connected to a belt reel, and a ratchet controlled by a sliding clutch with a fricti...

The device has a housing part (12) with an elongated cylindrical tube (18) in which a piston (14) is arranged to be movable and a drive (16) that can exert a drive force on the piston. The housing part is T-shaped with a foot section (20) extending transve...

The system has a gas bag module (17) with an external cover with at least one outlet opening (9) that is closed if a gas bag (21) is folded, a seat cover (31) extending with its edge section (33,35) close to the outlet opening and a carrying part (27) fixe...

An airbag module for a front seat automobile passenger has a housing (10) for a cylindrical gas generator (14) and a fuse (16). The fuse (16) esp. extends radially from the gas generator (14) and is fixed to the housing (10).

The linear pyrotechnic drive (20) has a cylinder (22) containing a piston (24) and a sprocket (30). The piston has teeth (30) which can engage with the sprocket to rotate it as the piston is displaced, There is at least one yielding element (34) to prevent...

The inertia reel (10) is fitted with a tensioning device (12) working with a piston moving in a cylinder (22). The piston is provided with a section of a toothed rack engaging with a pinion (28) when the drum (18) is rotated. At least one segment of the se...