Safety belt system with pre-tensioning device for secondary collision
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1. A safety belt arrangement having a belt retractor that includes a torsion bar as a force-limiting device, said safety belt arrangement further comprising:
- a tensioning device that is also associated with said belt retractor and that is actuated subsequent to a primary collision, wherein said tensioning device eliminates the slack in a safety belt that occurs when said torsion bar is triggered during a primary collision.
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A safety belt arrangement is provided that has a belt retractor that includes a force-limiting device. When triggered in a collision, the belt retractor is associated with limited belt release therefrom. Associated with the belt retractor is a tensioning device that is actuated subsequent to the primary collision and that eliminates slack in a belt that occurs when the force-limiting device is triggered during the primary collision.
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1. A safety belt arrangement having a belt retractor that includes a torsion bar as a force-limiting device, said safety belt arrangement further comprising:
a tensioning device that is also associated with said belt retractor and that is actuated subsequent to a primary collision, wherein said tensioning device eliminates the slack in a safety belt that occurs when said torsion bar is triggered during a primary collision. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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