Abstract: A steering wheel for a vehicle is described. This steering wheel comprises a steering wheel body comprising a grounding feature adapted for being connected to the vehicle ground and at least one electronic assembly being secured to the steering wheel body. The electronic assembly comprises an electronic component, a signal terminal and an assembly-side grounding area being electrically connected to a body-side grounding area of the grounding feature of the steering wheel body. In order to ease the assembly process, at least one electrically conductive and resilient contact element extends between the assembly-side grounding area and the first body-side grounding area. This electrically conductive and resilient contact element is under mechanical tension such that it transfers a force between the steering wheel body and the electric electronic assembly.

Abstract: An airbag-helmet having a protective main body (10) having an inner surface pointing towards the head of the user when the helmet is worn, and an outer surface pointing away from the head of the user when the helmet is worn. Further, an inflator (40) and an airbag (30) being attached to the protective main body (10) at least indirectly and being in fluid communication to the inflator (40) are provided. The airbag (30) includes at least one tubular protection section (30a, 30b, 30c) extending from the outer surface of the protective main body (10) when the airbag (30) is filled with gas by the inflator (40).

Abstract: A self-locking belt retractor comprising a belt shaft which is rotatably mounted in a frame, wherein a safety belt can be wound up said belt shaft, a blocking device which blocks the belt shaft if a predetermined feed-out acceleration of the safety belt in the feed-out direction of the safety belt is exceeded, and comprising a control disc device mounted on the belt shaft, the control disc device comprising a control disc and an inert mass which is mounted on the control disc so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis.

Abstract: Providing of a gripping determination system and gripping determination method enabling detecting whether or not the driver is gripping the steering device with higher accuracy. A gripping determination system that determines a gripping state of a steering device having an electrode on a part of a steering device of a vehicle, includes: an electrostatic capacitance detecting part that detects electrostatic capacitance of the electrode, a steering torque sensor that detects steering torque of the steering wheel shaft, and a determining part that determines whether or not the steering device is being gripped based on detection results of the electrostatic capacitance detecting part and the steering torque sensor.

Abstract: The present invention provides an occupant state detection device to which a touchpad and a grip sensor are both provided and in which the grip sensor and the touchpad can operate normally and a computer program. The occupant state detection device comprises: a steering wheel having a touchpad that can be operated using electrostatic capacitance and a grip sensor that detects whether a driver is gripping a rim portion; an operation determination unit that makes an operation determination regarding whether the touchpad is being operated; and a grip determination unit that makes a grip determination regarding whether the rim portion of the steering wheel is being gripped.

Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel device enabling miniaturizing an airbag module and also a miniaturized horn pad portion while ensuring a damping effect comparable to a conventional damping effect. Each damper has a straight pin, a grip provided at a first end is engaged to a central cored bar through rotate operation around the pin axis, and a connecting tip end part that connects to the module housing is provided at the other end. A plurality of insertion holes through which the connecting tip end part is inserted are arranged in the module housing surrounding the outer edge of the inflator, and the connecting tip end part is formed with a constricted portion having an outer diameter smaller than the diameter of the insertion hole, and the connecting tip end part is connected to the module housing via a set spring supported by the module housing to engage the constriction.

Abstract: Gas generator comprising: a first chamber having first pressurized gases and a first outlet port, a second chamber with second pressurized gases and a second outlet port, a diffusion zone, arranged to receive and diffuse towards an airbag the first pressurized gases and the second pressurized gases, wherein the first pressurized gases and the second pressurized gases are arranged to react together once they are mixed, characterized in that the gas generator comprises at least one deflector arranged to impose on the first pressurized gases a first discharge trajectory in the separate diffusion zone of a second discharge trajectory of the second pressurized gases.

Abstract: A side airbag device for a vehicle, comprising: an airbag cushion that is built into a backrest of a seat and inflated and deployed so as to correspond to the entire side surface of an occupant's upper body in the event of a side impact crash of the vehicle; and an inflator that generates gas according to an impact detection signal in the event of the side impact crash of the vehicle to supply the gas to the airbag cushion, wherein the airbag cushion is configured such that the height of upward inflation and deployment is expanded by contact with the occupant's arm, thereby avoiding interference with a curtain airbag at the initial stage of deployment of the airbag cushion and safely protecting the head of the occupant by expanding an upper chamber thereof upward by contact with the occupant's arm.

Abstract: A seatbelt retractor with a seatbelt shaft and a control cam mounted thereon, and an electrically actuatable blocking device, the electrically actuatable blocking device stopping the control cam with respect to the seatbelt shaft by engagement of the blocking lever into the toothing system of the control cam and, as a result, forcing a locking pawl to perform a movement, in which it passes for engagement into a toothing system, fixed to the vehicle, of the seatbelt retractor and blocks the seatbelt shaft in the pull-out direction, wherein—the blocking lever has a lever arm which projects outwards from the first limb and on which a first spring acts with a first end, which first spring preloads the blocking lever into a position in which it engages into the toothing system of the control cam with a blocking tip arranged at the end of a blocking arm.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a vehicle sensor device and a seat belt retractor employing same, the vehicle sensor device comprising: a body forming the outer appearance thereof; a cover coupled to one opened surface of the body; a sensor housing rotatably installed in the body according to the inclination of a backrest and the installation angle of the body; a ball installed in the sensor housing and detecting the inclination of a vehicle and the change of acceleration; and a sensor lever disposed over the ball and having one end rotatably coupled to the sensor housing, wherein the sensor lever is configured to allow a pilot lever provided in a locking device to linearly reciprocate by a rotational movement according to the movement of the ball so that the sensor lever is installed in the senser housing in which the ball is installed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat for a motor vehicle, comprising a backrest (10), a seat (11) and an airbag device, wherein the airbag device comprises at least one airbag module (12) and at least one arrestor strap mechanism, wherein the at least one airbag module (12) comprises at least one airbag (14) and the at least one arrestor strap mechanism comprises at least one arrestor strap arrangement (2) and at least one tensioning device (3) for the arrestor strap arrangement (2), wherein one end of the arrestor strap 10 arrangement (2) is attached to the airbag (14), wherein the tensioning device (3) is arranged on the seat (11).

Abstract: A pyrotechnic circuit breaker comprising: a housing, an electrical conductor passing through the housing, at least one blade, able to move so as to cut at least one portion of the electrical conductor, the breaking of the electrical conductor defining a cut area separating a first cut end of the electrical conductor from a second cut end of the electrical conductor, a pyrotechnic actuator, the circuit breaker having a first arc path allowing a first electric arc to be established directly from the first cut end to the second cut end, characterized in that the circuit breaker comprises conductive cooling features so as to have a secondary arc path passing through a first conductive cooling feature and through a secondary conductive cooling feature or a last conductive cooling feature.

Abstract: An optical inspection device designed for testing an optical component such as a protective glass, an optical transmission system of a welding laser beam having a laser wavelength, comprising: a light source designed to emit a test light, receiving means designed to receive at least a portion of the test light and to quantify at least one quantity of the received light, means for holding the optical component designed to position the optical component between the light source and the receiving means, characterized in that: the portion of the test light received by the receiving means has a wavelength at ±20% of the laser wavelength.

Abstract: An airbag device comprising: a cushion that is rolled and stowed at an upper part of a side surface and expands and deploys along the side surface, an inflator that is inserted in the cushion and provides gas to the cushion, and a tab for suspending the cushion from the upper part of the side surface, wherein the cushion includes: a duct provided with a tab extending in the front-to-back direction of the vehicle at the upper part of the side surface and that expands and deploys due to inflow of gas, a main chamber positioned below the duct, and a sub chamber provided at the upper part of the side surface, the upper end of the sub chamber is positioned above the upper edge of the side window, and the lower end of the sub chamber is positioned below the upper end of the duct.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat back frame constituting a framework of the vehicle seat; a retractor received in an internal space of the seat back frame; and headrest poles which vertically extend through the retractor and are mounted to the retractor. The retractor may be mounted at an upper end of the seat back frame. By mounting the retractor within the seat back frame, instead of a separate mounting space, the thickness of the seat back in the forward/backward directions may be reduced, thereby thinning the seat and enlarging the passenger compartment.

Abstract: A vehicular airbag device that comprises: an inflator; and an airbag cushion that inflates and deploys between a steering wheel and an occupant. The airbag cushion includes: an occupant-side panel that deploys to the occupant side and restrains the occupant; a vehicle-side panel that is disposed on the opposite side to the occupant-side panel; and side panels that connect the occupant-side panel and the vehicle-side panel and constitute the side surfaces of the airbag cushion. The side panels comprise a plurality of subpanels. A base material weft that constitutes a central section E1 of the sub-panels extends in a virtual plane S2 that follows the occupant side of the rim of a steering wheel when the airbag cushion is inflated and deployed.

Abstract: A seatbelt retractor having a toothed control disk on a belt shaft and an electrically actuatable blocking device and a blocking lever mounted in a pivot bearing, wherein the electrically actuatable blocking device stops the control disk with respect to the belt shaft and, as a result, the belt shaft is blocked in the pull-out direction, wherein the blocking lever has a lever arm upon which a first spring acts, which spring preloads into position the blocking lever having an arranged blocking tip so that this blocking tip engages in the toothing of the control disk, and an electromagnet that is arranged in the housing, wherein the blocking tip is retracted from the toothing of the control disk, wherein a second spring rests with its blocking arm against the second spring and is loaded by the blocking arm.

Abstract: A belt tightener for a safety belt system in a motor vehicle comprises at least one electric actuator. A decentralized, independent electric energy store designed to store a sufficient amount of electric energy for operating the actuator is dedicated to the belt tightener.

Abstract: A belt retractor unit with a housing, a belt reel rotatably mounted in this housing, a blocking unit for blocking the belt reel against the housing, wherein the blocking unit has an actuator unit with an electromagnet and a control apparatus for controlling the electromagnet, which has a power input, a power output connected to the electromagnet and at least one signal input for receiving a control signal and/or a sensor unit for generating a control signal, wherein the control apparatus has at least a first active switching state and a passive switching state, wherein in the first active switching state an electric current flows between the power output and the electromagnet, the current intensity of which is greater than in the passive switching state, wherein the control apparatus has between the power input and the power output at least one DC/DC converter acting as a constant current source, so that the current intensity in the first active switching state has a defined first value independent of the vol

Abstract: A tensioning device for a safety belt component, comprising a gas generator for generating a pressurized gas, a piston that can be driven by the pressurized gas, a tension cable that is connected to the piston and is connectable to a safety belt component to be set into a tensioning movement, a tensioner tube for receiving and guiding the piston, and a guide block that forms a cable guide and in which a receptacle receiving the gas generator and a pressure chamber fluidically connected to the receptacle are formed, wherein the guide block is connected to the tensioner tube and the tension cable runs rectilinearly in a piston movement direction from the tensioner tube through the pressure chamber, and wherein at least one damping element is formed, which absorbs the kinetic energy of the safety belt component in the event of a load-free tensioning movement.