A VEHICLE-SENSITIVE SENSOR AND SELF-LOCKING BELT-RETRACTOR

A vehicle-sensitive sensor (1) for a self-locking belt retractor (20) and a corresponding self-locking belt retractor is suggested, comprising a ball-shaped sensor mass (2), a sensor housing (3) comprising a nest (4), in which the sensor mass (2) is moveable and kept, and a sensor lever (5) comprising a locking pawl (6) which is adapted to engage in a steering disc (21) of the belt retractor (20), a resting pin (7) which protrudes through the nest (4), and a bearing portion (8), wherein the bearing portion (8) of the sensor lever (5) is pivot-mounted at a bearing support (9) of the sensor housing (3) creating a pivot axis (10), wherein the sensor lever (5) is adapted to pivot about the pivot axis (10) and to engage the locking pawl (6) by force applied to the mass of the sensor lever (5) at its center of gravity (11) when the sensor mass (2) is moved away from the resting pin (7).