A vehicle safety system includes an actuatable restraint for helping to protect a vehicle occupant and a controller for controlling actuation of the actuatable restraint in response to a vehicle rollover event. The controller is configured to execute a discrimination algorithm comprising at least one classification metric that utilizes at least one of vehicle pitch rate (P_RATE) and vehicle roll acceleration (D_RATE) to discriminate at least one of a ramp rollover event and a soil rollover event from an embankment rollover event. The discrimination algorithm determines a classification of the vehicle rollover event as one of a ramp rollover event, a soil rollover event, and an embankment rollover event. The controller is also configured to select a deployment threshold for deploying the actuatable restraint. The deployment threshold corresponds to the classification of the vehicle rollover event.

A motor vehicle comprises a three-point safety belt device to a motor vehicle seat, wherein the safety belt device comprises a belt, a belt magazine, a belt buckle for releasably securing the belt and a deflection member. The deflection member is provided for guiding the belt emerging from the belt magazine and for deflecting the belt and forming a belt portion of the belt, wherein the belt portion is guided over a shoulder and a chest of a secured motor vehicle occupant seated on the motor vehicle seat. The deflection member is designed such that in the state of the motor vehicle occupant secured by the belt, when the belt portion is subjected to an increased tensile loading, the belt portion performs a displacement from a comfort position into an emergency position in the direction of the motor vehicle interior.

A motor vehicle comprises a three-point safety belt device to a motor vehicle seat, wherein the safety belt device comprises a belt, a belt magazine, a belt buckle for releasably securing the belt and a deflection member. The deflection member is provided for guiding the belt emerging from the belt magazine and for deflecting the belt and forming a belt portion of the belt, wherein the belt portion is guided over a shoulder and a chest of a secured motor vehicle occupant seated on the motor vehicle seat. The deflection member is designed such that in the state of the motor vehicle occupant secured by the belt, when the belt portion is subjected to an increased tensile loading, the belt portion performs a displacement from a comfort position into an emergency position in the direction of the motor vehicle interior.

A seat belt system for a vehicle comprising a seat (16) that includes a seat frame (26) with a seat frame side part (28), a seat belt (18) associated with the seat (16) and having a webbing (40), and a belt tensioner associated with the seat belt (18). The seat frame side part (28) includes a lateral opening (36) facing the vehicle interior. The seat (16) includes a seat cross tube that opens into the vehicle interior via the opening (36). The belt tensioner is accommodated in the seat cross tube. The seat belt system further includes a belt guide (54) and a webbing deflector (56) for the webbing (40), the belt guide (54) being provided at the opening (36). Moreover, a vehicle comprising such a seat belt system is provided.

A seat belt system for a vehicle comprising a seat (16) that includes a seat frame (26) with a seat frame side part (28), a seat belt (18) associated with the seat (16) and having a webbing (40), and a belt tensioner associated with the seat belt (18). The seat frame side part (28) includes a lateral opening (36) facing the vehicle interior. The seat (16) includes a seat cross tube that opens into the vehicle interior via the opening (36). The belt tensioner is accommodated in the seat cross tube. The seat belt system further includes a belt guide (54) and a webbing deflector (56) for the webbing (40), the belt guide (54) being provided at the opening (36). Moreover, a vehicle comprising such a seat belt system is provided.

Provided is a pre-tensioner for a seat belt, the pre-tensioner including a housing, a carrier disposed on a first surface of the housing, a fixing member connected to the carrier, a first pulley disposed in a first zone of the first surface of the housing, a second pulley disposed in a second zone of the first surface opposite to the first zone with respect to the carrier, a driving unit having at least a portion coupled to the second pulley, and a belt disposed to mesh with the first pulley, the second pulley, and the carrier.

The present invention relates to a tensioning apparatus for a safety belt component and to a method for producing such a tensioning apparatus, comprising a gas generator for generating a pressurized gas, a piston which can be driven by the pressurized gas, a traction cable which is connected to the piston and can be connected to a safety belt component to be set into tensioning motion, and a tensioner tube for receiving and guiding the piston, wherein the gas generator is located in the tensioner tube, the tensioner tube has a cut-out in the jacket thereof between the gas generator and the piston, and a cable deflection is provided, by means of which the traction cable is guided through the cut-out and out of the tensioner tube.

A vehicle control apparatus, which controls a vehicle having a plurality of driving modes, includes a travel control section that performs travel control of the vehicle based on vicinity information; a limit value determining section that determines a deceleration limit value used when the travel control is performed, according to the driving mode; and a braking control section that performs braking control based on the vicinity information, such that the vehicle decelerates with a deceleration that does not exceed the determined deceleration limit value; wherein the limit value determining section sets the deceleration limit value to a first limit value when the vehicle is driven in a first driving mode, and sets the deceleration limit value to a second limit value higher than the first limit value, when the vehicle is driven in a second driving mode that has a higher degree of automation than the first driving mode.

A vehicle control apparatus, which controls a vehicle having a plurality of driving modes, includes a travel control section that performs travel control of the vehicle based on vicinity information; a limit value determining section that determines a deceleration limit value used when the travel control is performed, according to the driving mode; and a braking control section that performs braking control based on the vicinity information, such that the vehicle decelerates with a deceleration that does not exceed the determined deceleration limit value; wherein the limit value determining section sets the deceleration limit value to a first limit value when the vehicle is driven in a first driving mode, and sets the deceleration limit value to a second limit value higher than the first limit value, when the vehicle is driven in a second driving mode that has a higher degree of automation than the first driving mode.

A seat belt device includes a webbing, a locking tongue, and a guide. The webbing includes a lap belt and a shoulder belt. The locking tongue is configured to undergo a change from a free state, in which the webbing is capable of passing between a side of the lap belt and a side of the shoulder belt, to a lock state, in which the webbing is not capable of passing between the side of the lap belt and the side of the shoulder belt, in accordance with a collision or a warning of the collision of a vehicle. The guide is configured to, in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle, displace a location on the shoulder belt that is adjacent to the locking tongue in a direction away from the occupant before the change to the lock state is completed.