REEL WITH PRETENSIONER AND LOAD LIMITER

• 1 Front seat belt
• 2 Electrically-operated pretensioner
• 3 Front belt anchorage branch
• 4 Air bag control unit
• 5 Side rear seat belt
• 6 Inertia reel
• 7 Central rear seat belt
• 8 Inertia reel
• 9 Rear belt anchorage branches

View of seat belt on car

The front seat belt reels are fitted with electrically-activated pretensioners controlled by the air bag control unit 5580C ( Characteristic of working principle 5580C

Air bag system), with a load limiting device. This device was introduced to increase passive safety and consists of a torsion bar that allows controlled yield during the restraining action in order to modulate the force acting on the

shoulders.