DYNAMIC TENSIONER AND LOAD REDUCING DEVICE

摘要

A dynamic tensioning and load reducing device for a vehicle includes an elastic body extending in a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end. The elastic body has a first length between the first end and the second end. The elastic body may include one or more web-extension members configured to extend in a second direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction between the first and second ends. The elastic body is further formed to include one or more web slots. A flexible web may extend through the one or more web slots of the elastic body to extend from the first end to the second end in a non-linear manner. The elastic body is deformable in the longitudinal direction to a second length when a force is applied by the flexible web to the elastic body, where the second length is longer than the first length.