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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992817 | Belt retractor for a safety belt system and method of determining the belt webbing unwinding in a belt retractor A belt retractor for a safety belt system includes a frame, a belt reel rotatably mounted in the frame, a force limiter, a locking mechanism which couples the belt reel in a restraint case to the frame via the force limiter, and a belt webbing unwinding measuring me... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7980503 | Webbing take-up device To obtain a webbing take-up device that can not only transmit to a take-up shaft only rotation from a motor by a clutch but is also simple and compact. A clutch of this webbing take-up device has a simply configuration where sliders 144 of a clutch bod... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7891596 | Belt retractor for a safety belt system and method to determine a belt webbing withdrawal in a belt retractor A belt retractor for a safety belt system has a belt spool and a belt webbing withdrawal measurement arrangement, which has a control disk, a magnetic sensor element and a magnetic cogwheel driven by the control disk and constructed as a separate part. In addition, ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7681824 | Webbing retracting device A webbing retracting device that may prevent entering of an end-lock state when a spool rotates in the pull out direction on rebound just after completion of taking up of the webbing belt. A restriction weight is provided on a V gear. The restriction weight moves in... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7083135 | Retractor for a seat belt A belt retractor for a seat belt includes a belt reel, an eccentric disc connected to the belt reel, a cam disc driven by the eccentric disc, and a blocking pawl. The blocking pawl, in a blocking position, blocks a toothed ratchet wheel, and, in a release position, ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7055774 | Belt retractor A belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt comprises a belt spool (12) rotatably mounted in a frame (10) and a coupling disc (32) rotatably mounted relative to the belt spool. With a rotation relative to the belt spool, the coupling disc can bri... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6685124 | Seat belt pretensioner with brake An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle seat (14) comprises a seat belt (20) and a seat belt retractor (30) including a spool (60) supported for rotation about a spool axis (64) in a seat belt withdrawal direction (68) and an opp... | 02/03/2004 |
| 5899401 | Counterbalance device, in particular for a medical x-ray unit, having plural safety devices Counterbalance device (1), in particular for a medical X-ray device, with a drum (2) which is at least partly encapsulated in a housing (12) and is mounted so that it can rotate in the housing on a stationary shaft (11). The drum has an integrated first s... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5816523 | Gear mechanism and webbing retractor A gear mechanism for reducing a rotational speed of a driving gear and transferring the reduced rotational speed to a gear to be driven comprises an arbitrary number of gear teeth attached to the driving gear and smaller than the number of teeth determine... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5695146 | Safety belt restraining system with securing mechanism for mechanical sensor A control mechanism for a mechanical sensor at a safety belt reeling device of a safety restraining mechanism has a housing and a mechanical sensor pivotably connected to the housing. A locking device is connected to the housing and has a locking position... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5669572 | Anti-cinch automatic locking retractor with cam release An anti-cinch automatic locking retractor. A web spool is rotatably mounted between a pair of upstanding walls. The spool includes a pair of flanges each having a plurality of locking teeth with the teeth spaced apart by an included angle. A pawl is pivot... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5560565 | Dual spool retractor A dual spool retractor. A pair of belt spools are rotatably mounted to a frame having the same axis of rotation. Springs urge the spools to retract each belt. A single pawl is engageable with teeth of each spool to limit spool rotation and belt extension.... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5516199 | Combined lock orientation and belt comfort mechanism An anti-cinch automatic locking retractor. A web spool is rotatably mounted between a pair of upstanding walls. The spool includes a pair of flanges each having a plurality of locking teeth with the teeth spaced apart by an included angle. A pawl is pivot... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5497956 | Anti-cinch automatic locking retractor An anti-cinch automatic locking retractor. A web spool is rotatably mounted between a pair of upstanding walls. The spool includes a pair of flanges each having a plurality of locking teeth with the teeth spaced apart by an included angle. A pawl is pivot... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5344096 | Safety belt restraining system for vehicles The invention relates to a safety belt restraining system for vehicles comprising a belt retractor 10 and a webbing clamping means 12 arranged downstream of the retractor 10 and having two clamping wedges 46, 48 which are arranged opposite each other in a... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5217208 | Constant tension winch having an anti-theft mechanism Methods and apparatus for maintaining a restraining device placed over a load in constant tension as the load shifts during transit are disclosed. The present invention provides a winch having two ratchets, the first of which provides the initial tension ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5181739 | Seat belt system with comfort control A rotatable spool has seat belt webbing wound around the spool. A motor, when actuated, rotates the spool in the belt withdrawal direction. A spring has a biasing force which rotates the spool to wind the belt webbing onto the spool. A worm gear mechanism... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5033691 | Webbing retractor A webbing retractor includes a base, a take-up spindle supported rotatably on the base, a ratchet wheel mounted on the take-up spindle, a pawl engageable with the ratchet wheel, and a means supporting the pawl on the base. The supporting means includes a ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4911377 | Anti-cinch automatic locking retractor An automatic locking retractor for a vehicle seat belt has a pawl which is held for limited pivoting movement within a floating pawl retention cradle. The cradle is mounted within the frame of the retractor for limited sliding movement within a pair of al... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4846090 | Boat mooring device A boat mooring device capable of storing and dispensing a rope used to moor a boat or the like is disclosed. A spring biased reel assembly carrying a rope is rotatably mounted within a case. The reel assembly is urged by the spring in a rope take-up direc... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4725014 | Automatic locking retractor for a seat belt assembly An automatic locking retractor for a seat belt assembly, which comprises a housing having a shaft for webbing, a spring for urging the shaft in a predetermined direction to cause rewinding of the webbing, a rachet wheel integrally fixed to the shaft, a pa... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4713497 | Self-storing cord and reel assemblies for shielded cables A retractable self-storing reel assembly for shielded and unshielded electrical cable employing a reel journaled in a casing having an integral hollow hub with one end of the hub providing an entranceway into the hub for the male end of an elongated cable... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4651946 | Belt retractor with belt retraction lock An automatic belt retractor mounted within a boot having belt retraction locking means mounted within the boot to lockingly but releasably engage the belt to counterbalance the spring bias retraction of the retractor spool. The belt locking means includes... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4632330 | Automatic locking retractor An automatic locking retractor suitable for use in a vehicle seat belt includes locking means which is composed of a latch plate rotatable as a unitary member with a take-up spindle and a lock member engageable with the latch plate to prevent the rotation... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4611770 | Automotive seat belt retractor with anti-cinch device A motor vehicle seat belt retractor assembly is provided in which a locking pawl is carried with a rotatable saddle member to permit limited movement when the pawl is lockingly engaged with a ratchet tooth in the retractor.... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4586678 | Automatic locking retractor An improved automatic locking retractor for use with a seatbelt system designed to operate with improved reliability while having a simplified structure. An improved control mechanism is provided for governing the locking of the seatbelt system when appro... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4585186 | Webbing retractor In a webbing retractor, a spring member is caused to abut on a webbing takeup shaft to be rotated together therewith by a frictional force between the takeup shaft and the spring member within a range defined by rotation restricting means, locking means f... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4572456 | Automatic locking type take-up apparatus An automatic take-up apparatus is used with the seat belt device of a vehicle and can cause a lock member to be engaged with a latch plate rotatable with a webbing take-up shaft to thereby automatically lock the draw-out of webbing. The lock member has it... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4562977 | Easily assembled seat belt retractor and method A safety belt retractor in which the belt storage spool shaft and belt rub protector discs are assembled and installed simultaneously to the retractor frame. Easily assembled belt storage spool shaft and related ratchet wheel, deactivator disc, lock bar a... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4541580 | Automatic locking retractor Disclosed herein is an automatic locking retractor suitable for use in vehicle seat belt. The retractor is constructed of a take-up spindle, a cog wheel mounted integrally with the spindle, a latch gear integrally rotatable with the cog wheel, a lock leve... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4498643 | Automatic locking retractor Disclosed herein is an automatic locking retractor suitable for use in a vehicle seat belt. The retractor does not produce any substantial unpleasant noise when the webbing is wound up, because its cog wheels and lock lever are kept separated while the we... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4496116 | Automatic locking retractor Disclosed herein is an automatic locking retractor suitable for use in a vehicle seat belt. The retractor does not produce any substantial unpleasant noise when the webbing is wound up, because the cog wheels and lock lever are kept separated while the we... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4465245 | Automatic locking type take-up device An automatic locking type take-up device comprises a base member, a webbing take-up reel rotatably supported by the base member and biased in a direction to take up webbing, an engaging member integrally mounted on the take-up reel, a webbing winding-amou... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4309001 | Automatic locking retractor mechanism with unitary pawl control An emergency locking safety seat belt retractor for restraining passengers in a vehicle has a seat belt wound upon a spool biased toward a fully wound condition, a pawl and ratchet means operable in response to vehicle deceleration to lock the spool again... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4171782 | Apparatus and process for dead zone control in safety belt retractors A retractor and method for preventing premature movement of a lock pawl or bar toward locking engagement with a ratchet driven by the drum of the retractor structure and achieved by a torsion spring connected to and driven by the drum. The drum movement i... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4101094 | Device for use in emergency locking mechanism for webbing-type safety belts A variety of belt locking mechanisms are disclosed, each utilizing a first mechanism responsive to sudden tensioning in the belt to lock it against further withdrawal, and a second involving a pendulum mechanism responsive to sudden changes in vehicle spe... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4034931 | Locking seat belt retractor An automatic locking seat belt retractor is disclosed. The seat belt is wound on a spring-actuated spool which exerts a constant belt retracting force on the belt while allowing it to be protracted manually off the spool. A mechanism is provided for locki... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3952967 | Energy dissipator for motor vehicle safety belts An energy dissipator for a vehicle safety belt includes a reel on which one end of the belt is wound and anchored, the reel having two internal screw threads of opposite pitch in which respective bushes are threaded, so that in the event of an unwinding f... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3945586 | Interposer retractor construction A locker retractor for seat belt harness and the like which includes an interposer element articulated by movement of the drum or reel to selectively block or release a spring biased pawl bar and holding the pawl bar away from locking a ratchet on one or ... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3944163 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retracting apparatus having a spool mounted for rotation on a frame member and adapted to have a seat belt wound thereon, a pair of locking wheels having a plurality of locking teeth and fixedly mounted on the spool, a locking plate engageable... | 03/16/1976 |
