Means for activating a safety device, in particular an occupant protection device in a vehicle

Device (1) for activating a safety device, in particular an occupant protection means in a vehicle, wherein the device (1) comprises an actuator (10) and an energy store (12), and the device (1) comprises a permanent magnet (14) which in an initial state of the device (1) the release of in the energy storage (12) blocks stored energy, and by the actuator (10) from the permanent magnet (14) induced magnetic flux is at least temporarily so changed that the (in the energy storage 12) energy stored to activate the safety-related device is releasable, and whereby the actuator (10) is formed by an electromagnet, the base body produced in a pot-shaped and made of a magnetic flux highly conductive material (22) is inserted, characterized in that , the geometry and / or the material of the base body (22) is selected such that at least a portion of the base body (22) is caused by the by the permanent magnet (14) magnetic flux in the magnetic saturation.