Abstract: A passenger seat for motor vehicle has a seat member and a backrest. A first side air bag is integrated into the seat member and the backrest for lateral impact protection in an accident. Upon activation the first side air bag is inflated and emerges from the seat member and the backrest so as to bridge laterally the space between the seat member and the backrest. The first side air bag is a hose having an initial diameter and an initial length, wherein upon inflation the initial diameter increases and the initial length shortens. The hose is connected with a first end to a fastening point at a forward portion of seat member and with a second end to a fastening point at an upper portion of the backrest.

Abstract: A safety belt carrier unit for mounting on a vehicle anchorage has a carrier unit and functional parts of a safety belt system connected to the carrier unit, wherein at least one of said functional parts is displaceable relative to the carrier unit. Upon mounting the carrier unit on the vehicle anchorage, the at least one functional part becomes operatively connected to the vehicle anchorage upon displacement relative to the carrier unit.

Abstract: Chamfering of one or two edges of a glass disk is performed by one or two peripheral grinding wheels which move relative to the glass disk and rotate about axes of rotation which are parallel to the edges to be chamfered.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat belt arrangement for the rear seats of motor vehicles in which the seat cushions of the rear seats can be folded away without interference by the seat belts, and no portions of the seat belt system form an obstruction on the vehicle floor. The belt buckle is secured to a lever which is mounted for pivoting movement on the frame of the seat bottom so that the buckle is concealed within an opening in the seat bottom or projects up out of the opening to buckle a seat belt. This lever is provided with a hook which is adapted for engagement into a latch on the floor when the lever is pivoting such that the belt buckle will project through the opening and out of the seat bottom. The pivoting movement of the lever is achieved by way of the actuating mechanism which is located inboard of the seat bottom and abutting thereon, and which will cause pivoting movement of the lever when the seat cushion of the seat bottom is being depressed.

Abstract: A longitudinal bearer for the chassis of motor vehicles which is formed of symmetrical sheet metal troughs or similar deep-drawn profiles having edges, and which is connected together by flanges projecting out of the approximately rectangular cross section at two opposte sides of the bearer; the width dimensions of the trough bottom walls of the parallelepiped which is assembled from the two sheet metal troughs and forms the bearer are reduced in the longitudinal direction in that the connecting walls between the flanges and the bottom walls extend increasingly inclined to the contours of the parallelepiped and thereby become wider in the mentioned longitudinal direction.