power converters in a restraint system for vehicle occupants.

摘要

In an energy converter in a vehicle occupant restraint system, a particularly constant exertion of force in dependence on the distance to be covered is achieved in that only one plastic deformation of a tubular converter body (10) is carried out, which body (10) has a circular cross-section in the undeformed condition. Two cylindrical rollers (18) are provided as deformation elements, which rollers (18) are situated symmetrically opposite one another and each rest on one ramp surface of a piston element (14). IMAGE