Seat restraint tensioner

A seat restraint tensioner for a seat restraint system in a vehicle includes a housing for operative connection to vehicle structure and a movable piston disposed in the housing. The seat restraint tensioner also includes a gas generator operatively connected to the housing for expelling a gas to mo...

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Main Authors Webber, James, Hlavaty, David
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.10.2002
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Summary:A seat restraint tensioner for a seat restraint system in a vehicle includes a housing for operative connection to vehicle structure and a movable piston disposed in the housing. The seat restraint tensioner also includes a gas generator operatively connected to the housing for expelling a gas to move the piston. The seat restraint tensioner further includes a spool assembly operatively connected to the piston and for connection to belt webbing of the seat restraint system for pulling-down the belt webbing of the seat restraint system in a linear manner and winding up the belt webbing on the spool assembly as the piston moves.