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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6299092 | Weblocker retractor A retractor for a vehicle safety restraint which comprises web locking wedges (49a, 49b) which grip the seat belt webbing (19), under certain predetermined load conditions, so as to more securely restrain the vehicle occupant at the beginning of a crash p... | 10/09/2001 |
| 5975452 | Retractor A web locking retractor (20) for a vehicle safety restraint system is described comprising a spool assembly (60) mounted for linear movement with respect to a wedge housing frame (22) such that linear movement of the spool assembly (60), e.g. vertically, ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5950272 | Vacuum cleaner having an apparatus for fixing a cord A vacuum cleaner having a cord fixing apparatus. The vacuum cleaner has a body having a rear wall having an opening, a brush assembly connected to the body through a flexible hose and making contact with a floor, for sucking dust and impurities, a blower ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5735479 | Retractor for seat belt A retractor for a seat belt includes a retractor base, a bobbin fixed to a winding shaft rotatably supported to the retractor base for winding a webbing, and a webbing guide having a first positioning portion located on the side of the bobbin and a second... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5588609 | Seat belt winding device In a seat belt winding device with a clamping mechanism for directly holding a webbing in an emergency of a vehicle, since the plastic deformation is repeated in stages in both of a clamp supporting device and plastically deforming members, a larger amoun... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5558294 | Retractor for seat belt A retractor for a seat belt includes a retractor base, a bobbin fixed to a winding shaft rotatably supported to the retractor base for winding a webbing, and a webbing guide having a first positioning portion located on the side of the bobbin and a second... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5340052 | Self-sensing clamping device for a safetybelt system A self-sensing belt clamping device (10), for a safetybelt system is characterized especially by the fact that a car-sensitive locking body (48) and a belt-sensitive inertial system (90) are associated via a precontrol lever (44) directly with a rocking l... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5326043 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor for an automotive seat belt includes a housing having a spool arranged therein for winding the seat belt therearound. The seat belt passes between fixed and movable clamp portions arranged within the housing such that, under a condit... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5242213 | Safety belt restraining system for vehicles The safety belt restraining system for vehicles is provided with a vehicle-sensitive and/or webbing-sensitive locking belt retractor and a webbing clamping means following said retractor. To achieve fast activation of the webbing clamping means with minim... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5193760 | Seat belt retractor with a stopper for a gripping member A seat belt retractor comprises a frame including a pair of opposite side walls and a rear wall extending between the side walls, a seat belt take-up reel extending between the side walls of the frame, a first gripping member mounted to the rear wall of t... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5174604 | Webbing retractor A webbing retractor for taking up an occupant-restraining webbing used in a seat belt apparatus for a vehicle has a takeup shaft held by a frame, and the webbing is wound around the takeup shaft. The takeup shaft is pivotally held at a substantially inter... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5044575 | Belt retractor apparatus for a seat belt system comprising a belt retractor A belt clamping apparatus is provided for a seat belt system comprising a belt retractor and a device which is controlled by at least one acceleration sensor and serves to lock gears which are connected to the reel shaft of the belt retractor. The clampin... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4997140 | Retractor with auxiliary brake mechanism A safety belt retractor in which the reel is supported on a movable frame which cooperates with a braking mechanism such that when the reel locks, subsequent belt tension displaces the movable frame into camming engagement with a pivoting braking mechanis... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4949995 | Safety belt arrangement A safety belt for use in an automobile has a retractor reel incorporating a spindle onto which the belt is wound. The spindle can be locked, to prevent rotation of the spindle, in response to predetermined conditions, such as rapid deceleration of the aut... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4854644 | Deflection clamping device In the deflection clamping device according to the invention, a control lever (30) acts via a sloped active surface (56) on a movable clamping member represented by a clamping wedge (48) in such a way, that when activation takes place in the direction of ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4773613 | Emergency lock retractor equipped with webbing clamp device An emergency lock retractor equipped with a webbing clamp device includes means for holding lock means such as an arm out of engagement with a take-up reel while detection means detects that the associated webbing is not worn by the occupant. The above em... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4756554 | Clamping device for motor vehicle safety belts A clamping device for a motor vehicle safety belt comprising a housing (2) traversed by the safety belt strap (1) coming from a strap winding device, respectively, from its winding shaft, as well as a first and a second wedge (3,4) arranged in the housing... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4718148 | Clamping means for a strap Clamping means for a strap, adapted to be located between a strap storage location and a strap utilization location, comprises reaction member pivotally mounted on a base member for angular movement about a first axis, a guide member pivotally mounted on ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4717088 | Belt webbing clamping device The clamping roller for a belt webbing clamping device consists of two identical plastic mouldings and a rolled steel sleeve inserted into a recess thereof. Said steel sleeve surrounds a pivot bearing pin of steel inserted into a bore of the plastic mould... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4687253 | Safety-belt system In a safety-belt system comprising a winding and locking mechanism, a clamping device is provided which carries out a clamping of the safety-belt outside the reel winding, wherein this clamping effect is caused by a lifting motion of the winding and locki... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4667893 | Safety belt takeup means The safety belt takeup means comprises a winding reel receiving the webbing and having a sensor and pawl locking means and combined constructionally therewith a webbing clamping means in which the belt is deflected. To obtain the smallest possible internal fri... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4667981 | Webbing lock apparatus A webbing lock apparatus includes a fixed lock member and a movable lock member which is disposed such as to face the fixed lock member. The movable lock member is moved while being guided by a guide in a direction diagonally crossing the webbing wind-off... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4647071 | Seat belt device for vehicles A seat belt device having a retractor supported on a frame fixedly secured to a vehicle body, and a webbing wound around the retractor so that the webbing may be drawn out of and in to the retractor. The frame is provided with a webbing drawing-in mechani... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4635873 | Seat belt clamp A seat belt clamp comprises a U-shaped frame, a fixed clamping jaw mounted on the frame base portion, and a lever member having two arms, one pivotably mounted on each frame side portion. A movable clamping jaw affixed to the lever member is engageable wi... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4570975 | Webbing locking device In a webbing locking device locking an occupant restraining webbing, a movable locking member opposed to a fixed locking member is movable in a direction of a webbing drawing-out and approach to the webbing and trigger means causes the webbing to abut on ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4519555 | Webbing locking device for the seat belt of an automotive vehicle A webbing locking device for the seat belt of an automotive vehicle comprises a retractor base, a speed change detector, a webbing take-up reel, a brake for the reel, a rotor for winding the webbing, and rotor arms supporting the rotor for relative moveme... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4494774 | Belt band-clamping arrangement for safety belts in motor vehicles Belt band clamping device for safety belt in motor vehicles having a roll-up roller on which the belt is wound and unwound, and a swivelable deflector member having a cambered deflector surface which interacts with a fixed clamping surface in such manner ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4492348 | Protractive force responsive safety belt locking apparatus A locking apparatus for use with safety belts of the type protracted and retracted on a spool which is locked by inertia forces in an emergency. The safety belt passes through a clamping assembly which is activated upon sliding movement of the retractor r... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4485985 | Belt strap-clamping device for safety belts in motor vehicles Belt strap-clamping device for safety belts in motor vehicles which has a roll-up device with a belt strap which is rolled-up on a belt drum, and which can be rolled out against a spring-force. The belt from the roll-up device is partially wrapped around ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4482103 | Webbing-locking mechanism The specification describes a webbing-locking mechanism suitable for use in a vehicle. The webbing-locking mechanism includes a guide roller allowing a webbing, which is fastened at one end thereof to a take-up reel, to extend over a predetermined length ... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4482102 | Webbing-lock mechanism suitable for use in vehicle seat belt The specification describes a webbing-locking mechanism suitable for use in vehicle seat belt. The mechanism includes a guide roller, a ratchet gear rotatable integrally with the guide roller, a ratchet lever capable of assuming either engagement position... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4480804 | Webbing lock device A webbing lock device used in a seatbelt system for restraining an occupant in the event of an emergency situation of a vehicle, wherein a pair of clamping means are adapted to clamp the intermediate portion of an occupant restraining webbing in the event... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4462554 | Webbing lock device A webbing lock device in which an occupant restraining webbing extending from a takeup shaft of a retractor is clamped between a pair of clamping members by closing an interval therebetween, when an abrupt tensile force acts on the webbing as in the event... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4438551 | Locking device for vehicle seat belt webbing Disclosed herein is a locking device for vehicle seat belt webbing. The device includes a fixed clamp member; a swing clamp displaceable relative to the clamp member between two positions, and a drum displaceable relative to the swing clamp between two po... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4429920 | Load transfer system for seat mounted retractor A restraint belt retractor includes a belt reel rotatably mounted on a retractor housing which is adapted for mounting on the vehicle seat. A winding spring rotates the reel in a belt winding direction. The imposition of an occupant restraint load on the ... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4420127 | Pawl actuator for dual reel retractor A single inertia sensing pendulum is employed to operate a transfer link which in turn provides sequential or simultaneous actuation of first and second pawls associated respectively with the ratchet plates carried by first and second reels. A mounting en... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4420126 | Webbing lock device A webbing lock device provided in a webbing retractor capable of winding and unwinding a webbing, comprising: a stationary clamp member opposed to one surface of the webbing and disposed close thereto; a movable clamp member opposed to the other surface o... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4403751 | Device for locking webbing for the seat belt of an automotive vehicle A device for locking the webbing for the seat belt of an automotive vehicle is provided with a webbing reel biased in a direction to wind the webbing, a drum on which the webbing is partially wound, a drum base supporting the drum and having an axis of ro... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4401281 | Belt clamps for vehicle occupant restraint belt systems A belt clamp for use in conjunction with an emergency locking retractor in a vehicle occupant restraint belt system comprises a belt turning roll having the belt looped around it and carried by a pair of spaced-apart levers, one on either side of the fram... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4399956 | Locking device for the webbing for seat belt In a retractor wherein webbing is drawn out from a take-up spool and extends partially around a drum, a locking device for the webbing for the seat belt is provided with a sensor for sensing sudden acceleration or deceleration exerted on a vehicle body. A... | 08/23/1983 |
