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Method and apparatus for reducing occupant injury in frontal collisions

  • US 5,667,246 A
  • Filed: 12/21/1995
  • Issued: 09/16/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A safety restraint system comprising:

  • belt system means for restraining an occupant comprising;

    a safety belt;

    retractor means for protracting and retracting the safety belt;

    shoulder belt support means for supporting the should belt portion of the safety belt;

    pretensioner means for providing subsequent to activation, a residual preload force in the safety belt in excess of a first low limit value;

    load limiting means for limiting the loads imparted by the shoulder belt portion to an occupant, operative after the preload acts on the shoulder belt portion, including first means for introducing a predetermined amount of slack in the shoulder belt when the belt tension is above a second low limit value and for preventing such slack introduction when belt tension is lower than such low limit value.

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