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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5941131 | Attachment device for a vehicle steering wheel A device for attaching a steering wheel on a steering shaft by a connecting sleeve, which is attached to the hub of the steering wheel. At its end, the steering shaft has a section with exterior splines, which are complementary to interior splines in the ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5706911 | Electromechanical acceleration sensor An inertial sensor for activating a vehicular passenger restraining system comprises a housing and a sensor body supported in the housing for a sliding translational movement under the action of inertial forces from a rest position to an activating positi... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5692580 | Electromechanical acceleration sensor An inertial sensor for activating a vehicular passenger restraining system has a sensor body which is slidably guided translationally in a housing and preloaded in a rest position by a return spring. The sensor body includes an actuating pin for actuating... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5685056 | Method of mounting an emblem to the cover of a gas bag restraining system in vehicles A cover plate for a gas bag restraining system has a badge bearing an emblem fixed on its front side. The badge has a tubular rivet formed thereon which extends through the cover plate and whose free terminal section is rolled over at the rear side of the... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5676396 | Vehicle steering wheel assembly adapted to be fitted with an integral gas bag restraining system A vehicle steering wheel with an integrated gas bag restraining system comprises a plastic foam encased steering wheel body, whose hub part (18) is designed to receive a folded up gas bag (24). A cover (30) for the gas bag (24) is an integral component of... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5662354 | Gas bag for a restraining system in vehicles and a fabric for the production thereof An air bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system comprises several sewn fabrics parts. All fabric parts consist of fabric which has the same fiber density and filament yarn. The gas permeability curve of the entire gas bag increases as a function of the... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5641131 | Combined seat belt retractor and tensioner unit In a belt tensioner for vehicular seat belt restraining systems the belt reel (16) of a belt retractor is caused to rotate by a linear drive unit via a step-up gear. The linear drive unit comprises a burstproof cylinder tube (42) closed off at both ends a... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5624083 | Belt retractor with a belt pretensioner acting on the belt drum The belt retractor with a belt pretensioner acting on the belt drum (12) has a pyrotechnical piston and cylinder linear drive (22). A rack (32) adapted to be subjected to thrust is connected with the piston (28) of such linear drive (22). The rack (32) is... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5598613 | Latch mechanism for a seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle for cooperation with an insert tongue comprises a swivel latch mounted in a frame to be movable between a locked position and a released position, and a helical pressure spring which has a first end supported by said swivel latch and a ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5596795 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle based on the proven latching pawl design is equipped with simple measures to render it tensioner compatible. The latching pawl is locked in its latching position by a pin-type catch which is preloaded by a compression spring to a retrac... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5593105 | Seat belt retractor for passenger restraining systems On a belt retractor for vehicular seat belt restraining systems having a vehicle and belt sensitive automatic blocking mechanism (26) for the belt reel (12) rotatably mounted in the housing (10) the pawl tooth of a locking pawl (18) first coming into cont... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5584503 | Vehicle steering wheel with an integrated gas bag module The vehicle steering wheel with integrated gas bag restraining system is composed of two steering wheel parts, a first steering wheel part (10) comprising the steering wheel rim with sheathing as well as spokes and a fastener flange, and a second part (20... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5570901 | Occupant restraining system for the driver's side of a vehicle A combined occupant restraining system for the vehicle driver's side has a gas bag integrated in the steering wheel and a knee impact protector. The steering wheel is secured to a tubular steering shaft section in whose interior space a gas generator is m... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5562301 | Assembly for mounting an air bag cover and inflator to a steering wheel A vehicular gas bag restraining system including a folded gas bag (12) arranged behind a cover (10) and a gas generator (16) mounted on a supporting plate.(18), the folded gas bag (12) forming together with an anchoring plate (14) provided with a through-... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5562259 | Inertial sensor An inertial sensor for the vehicle sensitive triggering of a locking mechanism on a belt retractor comprises a ball which is seated in a socket in alignment with a reference plane. A pivotally mounted sensor lever rests on the ball and has a free end with... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5558362 | Gas bag module A gas bag module of a vehicular passenger restraint system has a gas bag stowable on one side of a mounting wall and, for inflating the gas bag, a gas generator mountable on the opposite side of this mounting wall. An inflation opening of the gas bag is p... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5553890 | Pretensioner for a safety belt drive A belt pretensioner for a safety belt comprises a pyrotechnic propellant charge (34) able to be operated by a fuze (48) and adapted to act on a drive device for a belt pretensioner. The drive device comprises a piston (18), adapted to be moved in translat... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5542697 | Trigger mechanism for belt pretensioner A trigger mechanism for a belt pretensioner comprises a sensor mass which responds both on a head-on collision and on ramming of the vehicle from the rear. The sensor mass may be pivotally mounted and formed by functional parts of the pretensioner drive. ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5542162 | Buckle for safety belts The buckle for safety belts is based on the well accepted pivotal latch design and using simple means is designed to resist the effects of a belt pretensioner. The pivotal latch is secured in a locked position by a catch plate. The catch plate is for its ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5536041 | Gas bag protective device In a gas bag protective device for a vehicle occupant with an inflatable gas bag, a gas generator with a plurality of gas outlet openings and a generally tubular diffusor surrounding the gas generator and provided with a plurality of gas distribution open... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533588 | Mechanical acceleration sensor An inertial sensor for activating a vehicular passenger restraining system comprises a housing, a sensor body supported in the housing for a sliding translational movement under the action of inertial forces from a rest position to an activating position ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5529335 | Gas generator for a vehicle occupant restraint system A gas generator for a vehicle occupant restraining system is provided with an ignitor with a propelling charge container containing two charges with different speeds of combustion. The container has a bottom with an aperture, which is normally closed by a... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529343 | Safety belt with a rippable seam In a safety belt for vehicles a belt webbing section is composed of two superposed belt webbing plies connected by a rippable seam. The rippable seam comprises seam sections which extend alternatingly transversely in relation to the center line of the bel... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5526996 | Seat belt retractor The seat belt retractor has a belt reel (12) rotatably mounted in a frame (10). A vehicle-sensitive latching mechanism includes a control disk (64) connected to the belt reel (12), rotation of which is lockable by means of the vehicle-sensitive inertial s... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524833 | Seat belt retractor A belt retractor for vehicular seat belt restraining systems is equipped with a novel housing structure. The load-bearing part of this housing comprises a shell section (10) surrounding the locking toothings (26a, 28a) on the circumference of the flanges ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5505399 | Belt retractor for vehicular seat belt systems A belt retractor (10) for vehicular seat belt systems has a rotational belt tensioner drive (12) engaging a belt reel (16). A speed-up planetary gearing (26, 28, 30) is inserted in the power flow between the belt tensioner drive (12) and the belt reel (16... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5495790 | Piston catcher for a pyrotechnic linear piston and cylinder drive In a pyrotechnic linear piston and cylinder drive in a belt pretensioner, the cylinder (10) has a frustoconical free end (12) and the piston (14) is attached to the end of a cable (16). The piston (14) is tapered frustoconically at its end adjacent to the... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5482327 | Device for securing a generally cylindrical gas generator cartridge in a housing block of a safety belt tensioner drive For securing a generally cylindrical gas generator cartridge (14) in the housing block (10) of a belt tensioner drive unit the housing block is provided with a bore (12) in which the gas generator cartridge (14) is inserted. On the outer head portion (14a... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481940 | Piston and cylinder unit for use in a vehicle safety belt pretensioner A piston and cylinder unit for use in a vehicle safety belt pretensioner is provided with a tubular cylinder and a piston slidably accomodated in the cylinder tube. The piston has a circumferential groove between a pair of axially spaced radial shoulders.... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5480190 | Energy converter in a restraining system for vehicle occupants In an energy converter in a restraining system for vehicle occupants a particularly smooth profile of the force as a function of the travel is achieved in that only a few deformation members are provided which effect a plastic deformation of a tubular con... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5474247 | Belt retractor for vehicle safety belts The safety belt retractor comprises a frame, a belt drum rotatably supported in the frame, a locking mechanism for selectively locking the belt drum against rotation and a trip mechanism for activation of the locking mechanism. The trip mechanism has an e... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5468019 | Belt pretensioner with a pyrotechnic gas generator The piston of a piston/cylinder unit of a belt pretensioner with a pyrotechnic gas generator is characterized in that the piston is made from a first metallic piston part (12) which is firmly connected with the cable (16) and at least one second piston pa... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5460337 | Seat belt retractor The invention relates to a belt retractor for vehicular seat belt restraining systems having a spiral retraction spring (16) including a radially inner spring connection on the shaft (12) of the belt reel and a radially outer spring connection on a connec... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5460410 | Device for adjustably mounting a seat belt fitting to a vehicle bodywork In a device for height adjustment of a vehicular seat belt fitting a load-supporting guide rail (10) equipped for securing to the vehicle has a plurality of latching members (21) spaced in its longitudinal direction. In this guide rail (10) a carrier (12)... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5454594 | Inflatable gas bag for vehicle occupant restraining systems An inflatable gas bag (10) for vehicle occupant restraining systems comprises only two textile parts (14, 16) shaped to be developed in a plane the edges (18, 20) of which are joined together by a continuous seam (28). Of these textile parts (14, 16) one ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5450723 | Drive unit for a belt pretensioner in a safety belt system for vehicles A belt pretensioner for vehicle safety belt systems is provided with a drive unit which comprises a pyrotechnic gas generator (12) and a piston and cylinder unit (16, 20). The piston (20) is arranged at a first end (161) of the cylinder (16) and is connec... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5451012 | Assembly for fastening a belt webbing to a shaft of a seat belt retractor An assembly for fastening a belt webbing (10) to a shaft (12) of a seat bealt retractor is provided. The shaft has a radial slot (18) through which one end of said belt webbing (10) is inserted. The belt webbing has a first section (101) for insertion in ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5443222 | Belt retractor with a belt pretensioner acting on the belt drum The belt retractor with a belt pretensioner acting on the belt drum (12) has a pyrotechnical piston and cylinder linear drive (22). A rack (32) adapted to be subjected to thrust is connected with the piston (28) of such linear drive (22). The rack (32) is... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5439247 | Inflatable gas bag for a vehicular restraining system The gas bag (10) for a vehicular restraining system is formed by an annular hose (14). It is intended to protect against side impact and is characterized by fast inflation.... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5411291 | Drive unit for a belt pretensioner in vehicle safety belt systems The invention relates to a belt pretensioner for vehicle safety belt systems comprising a pyrotechnic gas generator (12) and a piston and cylinder unit (16, 20) mounted in a housing block (14). The piston (20) of the piston and cylinder unit (16, 20) is a... | 05/02/1995 |
