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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4573322 | Driving device especially for return stiffening of a safety belt in an automatic safety belt wind-up device A driving device having a piston pyrotechnically driven in a cylinder, the piston being connected by pulling means to an element to be driven, the cylinder having a stroke limit stop at a rear end thereof, as viewed in driving direction of the piston in t... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4549705 | Safety belt roll-up device, especially for protecting persons in motor vehicles Safety belt roll-up device having a housing and a one-piece belt carrier. The housing has a base plate with two side walls extending from the base plate. At least one of the two side walls can be set at an angle and bent into a position in which both side... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4549768 | Belt lock for a safety belt Belt lock for a safety belt, especially for arrangement on a back seat in a motor vehicle, with flexible pulling means which are fastened to a lock housing fastened to a flexible fitting fixed to a vehicle part, for instance, to the seat frame, and which ... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4543694 | Lock for safety belts Lock for safety belts with a belt lock and an insertion tab which can be detented at a latch, which latch can be moved transversely to the insertion direction when the insertion tab is inserted, preferably by the latter itself into the open position again... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4529144 | Automatically locking belt roll-up device for safety belts, especially for motor vehicles Automatically locking belt roll-up device for safety belts, especially for motor vehicles, with a belt shaft which is rotatably supported in a roll-up device housing. The belt shaft has ratchet teeth and is under the action of a rewinding spring. A spring... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4508286 | Deflection device for safety belts Deflection device for a safety belt which, at one end region, is rolled up in an automatic wind-up device, and is provided at the other end with a lock. An in-between-portion of the belt is routed over a fixed rounded deflection bar. The part of the devic... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4483495 | Mechanism for blocking a roll-up device for safety belts Mechanism for blocking a belt shaft of a roll-up device for a safety belt in a vehicle characterized by the features that the control pawl is pivoted in the stationary roll-up housing of the mechanism in the tangential direction range to the pitch circle ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4475745 | Seat belt drive device Drive device for moving the end fitting of a passive safety belt along a predetermined motion path which has in particular track sections extending at an angle to each other, by means of flexible tensioning means which can be driven by an electric motor d... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475779 | Rotary electrical connection Device for the electrical connection of at least two structural elements, preferably of annular shape, which are arranged on a common axis and are rotatable with respect to each other, which form contact elements and are provided with electrical connectin... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4423846 | Retightener for automatic safety belt roll-up devices Retightener for automatic safety belt roll-up devices with a power reservoir which can be triggered in the case of a crash and with an energy transducer which acts upon the belt shaft of the automatic winder after triggering the power reservoir, causing t... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4422594 | Automatic roll-up device for a safety belt Automatic roll-up device for a safety belt in vehicles, with means for blocking the belt roller in the case of danger, consisting of a detent locking mechanism which is automatically operated by a vehicle-sensitive and/or belt-sensitive activating mechani... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4417702 | Automatic roll-up device for a safety belt Automatic roll-up device for a safety belt with a mechanism for blocking the belt roller in case of danger. The belt blocking device has a control disc of lightweight construction in fixed connection with the belt roller and works in direct conjunction wi... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4408374 | Belt lock for a safety belt Belt lock for a safety belt with passageway in a lock-housing for belt tongue. Latch mechanism in lock-housing to arrest tongue. Lock mechanism can be unlocked by pressing pressure organ. Latching mechanism has a latch of wedge-shaped cross section swinga... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4406044 | Lock for safety belts Lock for safety belts with a belt lock and an insertion tab which can be detented with a detent edge at a latch which can be moved in the belt lock transversely to the direction of insertion. The latch can be shifted by a pressure organ by hand from the d... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4394992 | Energy absorber for load carrying flexible pulling means Energy absorber for load carrying flexible pulling means, such as belts or ropes, especially for a safety belt system comprising (a) a rigid body (b) a storing element for the pulling means at the body (c) one end of the pulling means fastened to the storing elemen... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4393555 | Belt lock for a safety belt Belt lock for a safety belt with a plug-in guide provided in a lock-housing for a belt plug-in tongue. The tongue can be arrested in the plug-in guide by a latch mechanism, and can be unlocked by operation of a pressure element against the force of a spri... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4393554 | Locking device for safety belts Locking device for a safety belt with a belt lock and a plug-in tongue fastened to the belt end. The tongue can be engaged with an engagement edge by at least one latch which is movable transversely to the plug-in direction of the plug-in tongue. The latc... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4393553 | Locking device for a safety belt Locking device for a safety belt having a belt lock into which a plug-in tongue can be inserted and be locked by at least one locking latch. The locking latch can be moved by a manual pressure element transversely to the plug-in guide from the locked posi... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4392671 | Securing device for the safety belt of a restraining system Restraining system, especially a passive restraining system, for motor vehicles wherein one end of the belt is slideable in a slider track, preferably arranged above the vehicle door, and can be locked at the end of the track behind a securing element whi... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4378913 | Device for securing against axial displacement Device for securing an element projecting through an opening against axial displacement of the element including an end of the element projecting through the opening being formed with a noncircular cross-section and with a peripheral slot, and a perforate... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4378915 | Braking device for safety belts Braking device for safety belts which have a braking system ahead of the braking device, which latter has movable brake roller partly wrapped around by the belt, a stationary clamping bar disposed adjacent one side of the belt, and a movable arresting ele... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4378947 | Reflection fitting for the safety belt of restraining system Deflection fitting for a safety belt of a restraining system having a fitting plate with guide slot and cross bar. A sleeve-like deflection element has a longitudinal slit to permit sliding onto the cross bar. The element may then be rotated 180°. Plug-l... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4369932 | Automatic wind-up roller for a safety belt Automatic wind-up roller for a safety belt with means to block the belt roller in case of danger. The wind-up roller has an automatic release mechanism which is activated when the vehicle exceeds a predetermined acceleration or deceleration. The automatic... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4369931 | Redirecting device for safety belts A redirecting device for a safety belt for use in motor vehicles, in which one end is rolled up on an automatic winder and the other end of the safety belt has a fitting for connecting the belt to a lock. The redirecting member is a hollow rotatable cylin... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4366934 | Roll-up device for safety belt Roll-up device for a safety belt with a provision to block the belt shaft in case of danger by locking pawl means with locking teeth and locking pawl, in which an automatically triggered release mechanism is triggered when the vehicle exceeds a permissibl... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4351496 | Safety belt roll-up device Safety belt roll-up device with a locking pawl mechanism to engage locking teeth of a locking wheel in fixed connection with the belt shaft. The pawl mechanism has a double locking pawl having two pawl levers, rotatably mounted on a common pivot axis. Eac... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4350313 | Belt wind-up roller for vehicle-safety belts with blocking device Belt wind-up roller for vehicle safety belts having a wind-up roller in a housing in which the locking part at the belt wind-up roller and the counter-locking part at the housing are arranged in such manner that the blocking is effected at the belt withdr... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4335491 | Belt-lock for a safety belt Belt-lock and plug-in tongue for safety belt having movable spring loaded latch and slideable member to move latch out of engagement by pressing push button. A wire spring is disposed in the push button with a bent portion of the spring banked at the lock... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4329758 | Hinge construction Door hinge, including two mounting plates each having at least one eye-shaped extension formed thereon, the extensions being alternatingly disposed along a common hinge axis and having inner bearing surfaces and lateral contact surfaces spaced apart from ... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4327881 | Belt-braking device for safety belt systems Belt-braking system for safety belts having the known automatic roll-up device with a locking device followed by a belt brake. The belt-brake has a rotatably supported brake roller which is partly wrapped around by the belt. Friction or positive locking m... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4318552 | Deflection device for safety belts Deflection device for a safety belt which has one end attached to an automatic winder and the other end of the belt adapted for locking engagement. Between the automatic winder and the lock, the belt is routed over a fixed rounded deflection cross bar. Th... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4317263 | Belt lock for a safety belt Belt lock for a safety belt with a spring-operated locking catch with hooked part engaging a plug-in tongue. A hand-operated member has a locking part in fixed connection. The locking part is disposed in the path of motion of the hooked part preventing re... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4313246 | Belt buckle or lock for a safety belt Belt-lock and plug-in tongue for a safety belt having a locking mechanism with two locking latches for locking the tongue, tensioned against each other by a spring, and with one locking latch disposed on each side of the plug-in tongue. A hand-actuated me... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4277036 | Automatic wind-up roller for a safety belt Automatic wind-up roller for a safety belt with means to block the belt roller in case of danger. The wind-up roller has an automatic release mechanism which is activated when the vehicle exceeds a predetermined acceleration or deceleration. The automatic... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4257626 | Device for tightening a safety belt for a motor vehicle A device for tightening a safety belt about a person in a seat mounted on a vehicle body of a motor vehicle in which a belt anchor is attached to the vehicle. The belt anchor is supported movably relative to the vehicle body, and the belt anchor is couple... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4254921 | Winding shaft for a belt roll-up device for winding and unwinding a vehicle safety belt A winding shaft in a belt roll-up device which has a locking element connected to the winding shaft and a blocking element fastened to the housing. The locking element comes into engagement with the blocking element by a force in the direction of the belt... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4230289 | Automatic wind-up roller for safety belts Automatic wind-up roller for a safety belt with means to stop the belt from unwinding in case of danger. The wind-up roller has a release mechanism activated when a predetermined acceleration or deceleration is exceeded, a control lever activated by the r... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4230288 | Re-tightener with pyrotechnic propellant charge for safety-belt automatic wind-up devices Retightener with a pyrotechnic propellant charge for automatic safety-belt wind-up devices having an energy converter, wherein in the event of danger the explosive pressure of the ignited propellant charge acts on a pullout element tightening the safety b... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4208771 | Lock for safety belts in motor vehicles A lock for safety belts in motor vehicles having a base body with a lock latch for insertion and locking a plug-in blade and a closing and ejection spring which acts to hold the lock latch in closed position and to eject the plug-in blade upon unlocking. ... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4183476 | Wind-up roller for safety belts A safety belt wind-up roller includes a winding shaft for a safety belt, a rewind spring operatively connected to the winding shaft for rewinding the safety belt after it has been withdrawn, a compensating device for equalizing the restoring force of the ... | 01/15/1980 |
