ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,583, issued on June 17, was assigned to AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Tensioning device for a seat belt component" was invented by Dietmar Legde (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat belt tensioning device with a gas generator for generating a compressed gas, a piston driven by the compressed gas, a tension cable which is connected to the piston and is connectable to a seat 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 conn...