Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1997-02-06
1999-03-30
English, Peter C.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
60635, 60632, 297480, B60R 2246
Patent
active
058878971
ABSTRACT:
A pretensioning apparatus for a vehicular safety restraint, which includes a housing; a tube extending from the housing and defining an inner surface; a piston disposed within the tube in close proximity to the inner surface of the tube; a linkage connected at a first end to the piston and having a second end which is adapted for connection to a safety restraint; and a lock member having at least a portion thereof disposed between the piston and the inner surface of the tube, the lock member being configured and dimensioned such that upon application of a force to the piston in a first direction, the lock member permits free movement of the piston in the first direction and upon application of a force to the piston in a second direction being reverse to the first direction, the lock member biases against the inner wall of the tube to prevent movement of the piston in the second direction.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3043093 (1962-07-01), Scott
patent: 4237690 (1980-12-01), Tsuge et al.
patent: 5207618 (1993-05-01), Nishizawa
Dybro Niels
Gill Harjeet
Miller, III H. John
Raines Jason W.
Breed Automoive Technology, Inc.
English Peter C.
Seitzman Markell
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