Patent ID: 6131951
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle safety apparatus comprising:a 3-point seatbelt having a buckle head,a crash sensor,a pretensioner 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,wherein the pretensioner comprises a force reservoir comprising a piston located within and for movement along a pretensioner cylinder under the force of gas from a gas generator, said gas generator being electrically actuatable and electrical connecting wires link the crash sensor to the gas generator and said wires are welded to the gas generator.the piston being connected by a cable to the buckle head of the seatbelt,there being a cable bracket having an inner and outer guide, and wherein the pretensioner cylinder is attached to an inner cable guide and the buckle mounting is connected to an outer guide.