Patent ID: 7331610

Claim:
A height-adjustable, belt-deflecting device for a seat belt, the device comprising: a deflecting element which deflects the seat belt; and a tightening device with which the seat belt can be tightened, wherein the deflecting element is connected to the tightening device which allows the deflecting element to move, wherein the tightening device comprises a tightening spring and has a driving motor for placing the tightening spring under a predetermined prestress, wherein the driving motor is an electric motor, wherein the deflecting element is connected to a rack in which a driving toothed wheel of the driving motor engages to prestress the tightening spring, wherein the driving toothed wheel is fastened on a driving shaft which can be displaced along its driving-shaft axis, and wherein the electric motor is arranged laterally next to the rack so that, by a lateral displacement of the driving shaft along the driving-shaft axis, the driving toothed wheel can be brought into engagement with the rack and conversely can be brought out of engagement with it.