Patent ID: 6572147
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A seat restraint tensioner for a seat restraint system in a vehicle comprising:a housing for operative connection to vehicle structure; a movable piston disposed in said housing; a shaft extending longitudinally from said piston and through an end of said housing; at least one pulley rotatably connected to said shaft and disposed outside of said housing; at least one cable having one end operatively connected to belt webbing of the seat restraint system and another end extending over said at least one pulley and operatively connected to said housing; and a gas generator operatively connected to said housing for expelling a gas to push said piston and said shaft and said at least one pulley, said at least one pulley moving linearly away from said housing for pulling on said at least one cable to pull-down belt webbing of the seat restraint system.