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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377463 | Noise reducing seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor has a spool for carrying seat belt webbing rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axle and biased in a seat belt webbing rewinding direction. A toothed ratchet wheel is mounted to rotate with the spool. A sensor is provided for detecting an eme... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7337638 | Anchoring device for temporarily tethering and object An anchoring device positionable within the ground for tethering an object to the ground includes a base portion having a first diameter, and an access aperture having a second diameter. The first diameter of the base portion is greater than the second diameter of t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7128343 | Safety-belt arrangement A safety-belt arrangement for use in a motor vehicle has a safety-belt (5), one end of which is connected to a retractor (8), a sensor (11) generates a signal representative of the amount of safety-belt paid-out from the retractor. A force limit... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6536502 | Adjustable width child safety barrier A method is disclosed of installing a barrier device at a passageway. The method includes attaching a barrier housing containing a retractable barrier to a structural element on one side of the passageway, extending the barrier a desired distance from the... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6425541 | Belt retractor and method of controlling operation of an occupant restraint system In a belt retractor the absolute angle of rotation of the belt reel is sensed by an incremental counter. The incremental counter is calibrated by sensing the angle of rotation of a control disc coupled to the belt reel by a reduction gear unit. The count ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6290160 | Belt retractor A belt retractor has a frame (1; 101), a belt reel rotatably mounted about an axis in the frame, a control disc (10; 110) coaxial with the belt reel and a reduction gear unit (7, 15, 16) which translates rotation the belt reel into a reduced rotation of t... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5934596 | Automatic locking retractor with timing clutch mechanism A safety belt retractor (10) comprised of a spool (28), a belt (40) wound on the spool (28), a ratchet wheel (48), and a torsion bar (44) interconnecting the spool (28) to the ratchet wheel (48) and capable of yielding in response to loading exerted on th... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5820059 | Retractor for seat belt A retractor for seat belt which can be surely changed over from an emergency locking retractor to an automatic locking retractor. The control mechanism for setting the engaging portion (56) in accordance with an amount of winding of the webbing (50) at th... | 10/13/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5799894 | Seat belt system A seat belt system (10) includes a retractor (18) with a spool (60), sections (26,28) of seat belt webbing (16) which define first and second shoulder belts (42,48), and a section (22) of seat belt webbing (16) which connects the shoulder belts (42,48) to... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5553804 | Seat belt retractor with a cinch mechanism A seat belt retractor (10) comprises a rotatable spool (16) with seat belt webbing (18) wound around the spool. The spool (16) has a longitudinal central axis and is rotatable in a belt unwinding direction (20) about its longitudinal central axis to enabl... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5520349 | Adjustable automatic locking retractor A seat belt retractor (10) includes a spool (14) on which a seat belt (16) is wound. Ratchet wheels (22) are fixed for rotation with the spool (14). A pawl (30) is movable into a blocking position for blocking rotation of the ratchet wheels (22) and the s... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5367917 | Retractor A vehicle seat belt retractor (10) includes a spindle (22), a ratchet wheel (30) and a locking pawl (44). The locking pawl (44) is movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position in which it blocks rotation of the ratchet wheel (30) and the ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5328120 | Safety belt retractor The safety belt retractor includes an automatic blocking mechanism for securing a child's seat in the vehicle. A reduction gearing (24, 28, 30, 34, 38; 74, 78, 88) having a worm wheel (28, 78) reduces the belt reel rotation on transmission to a cam gear w... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5167379 | Self-locking belt roller In a self-locking belt roller, especially for motor vehicles, having a vehicle-sensitive and/or belt-sensitive control system for its locking element, which in the blocking case prevents further rotation of the belt winding shaft, and having a winding-up ... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4813627 | Rewindable hose reel An automatic rewindable garden hose reel is provided that eliminates the need for an external power source. A flat spring is reversely biased as the hose reel is unwound, storing energy for hose retraction. The retraction is selectively activated by a rat... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4811912 | Emergency locking seat belt retractor with automatic locking mechanism A seat belt retractor having an emergency locking mechanism that includes a lock ring coupled by a pin and slot to a locking pawl comprises an automatic locking mechanism activated by rotation of the belt reel upon unwinding of a predetermined length of t... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4749143 | Retractor with both emergency and automatic locking mechanisms A retractor with both emergency and automatic locking mechanisms is provided. The retractor has take-up spindle means; a ratchet wheel; a pawl member engageable with the ratchet wheel and displaceable between a first position, where the pawl member preven... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4749142 | Webbing retractor A webbing retractor for use in a seatbelt system for a vehicle designed to protect an occupant when an emergency situation of the vehicle occurs. When the occupant has a webbing fastened after it has been substantially fully rewound, if an acceleration se... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4747562 | Retractor with both emergency and automatic locking mechanisms A retractor is equipped with an emergency locking mechanism and an automatic locking mechanism. It is allowed to change the automatic locking mechanism from a state ready to actuate to a state not ready to actuate and vice versa by suitably changing the w... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4729524 | Seat belt retractor with cinch mechanism A seat belt retractor includes a spool with seat belt webbing wound thereon. A frame supports the spool for rotation in a belt withdrawal direction or a belt retraction direction. A pawl engages ratchet teeth formed on end portions of the spool to prevent... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4726539 | Dual mode seat belt retractor assembly This invention relates to a seat belt retractor for a motor vehicle which can be operated in an emergency locking mode wherein belt retraction is prevented only upon vehicle deceleration, or in an automatic locking mode where the retractor operates as a o... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4711409 | Pawl controlled reel extension A line dispensing and retracting device comprising (a) a reel having a hub about which the line is wound as the reel rotates, (b) structure mounting the reel for rotation relative thereto, and about an axis, (c) a generally radially movable element carried by the r... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4638959 | Pawl controlled reel extension A line dispensing and retracting device comprising (a) a reel having a hub about which the line is wound as the reel rotates, (b) structure mounting the reel for rotation relative thereto, and about an axis, (c) a generally radially movable element carried by the r... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4597546 | Webbing retractor In a webbing retractor used for a seatbelt system protecting an occupant in an emergency situation of a vehicle, a locking wheel is rotated, following a rotation of a webbing takeup shaft, and a locking means prevents the takeup shaft from webbing-unwindi... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4583701 | Webbing retractor In a webbing retractor used in a seatbelt system for protecting an occupant in an emergency situation of a vehicle, a first guide portion of a cam ring is opposed to a transmitting means to thereby put a locking means in an engageable condition until a we... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4573646 | Mode selection retractor A lock mode selection structure for seat belt retractors having a vehicle sensitive lock mode and an automatic lock mode in which a specific interval of withdrawal activates the automatic lock mode in a pilot pawl lock structure and thereafter the vehicle... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4566649 | Conversion control for combination VSI and ALR retractor Combination vehicle sensitive inertia and automatic locking retractor responsive to full extraction and slight retraction of retractor webbing to establish automatic locking mode and responsive to partial retraction beyond operative connection extension t... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4555075 | Dual mode seat belt retractor assembly A dual mode seat belt retractor assembly particularly useful for motor vehicles is described. The seat belt retractor according to this invention converts between an emergency locking retractor which locks only when the vehicle is subjected to a decelerat... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4552319 | Combination VSI and ALR retractor Combination vehicle sensitive and automatic locking retractor responsive to full extraction of retractor webbing to establish automatic locking mode and responsive to full retraction to establish vehicle sensitive inertia mode.... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4537363 | Lock-up mechanism for a vehicle sensitive automotive seat belt retractor A lock-up mechanism for a vehicle sensitive automotive seat belt retractor having a shuttle displaceable with the winding and unwinding of the seat belt webbing from the retractor's spool and a lock pawl activated by the shuttle to pivot the retractor's l... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4518132 | Combination seat belt retractor mechanism A combination seat belt retractor particularly useful for motor vehicles is described. The seat belt retractor according to this invention converts between an emergency locking retractor which locks only when the vehicle is subjected to a deceleration lev... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4489223 | Battery jump cable apparatus Apparatus for transferring power from the battery of a service vehicle to the battery of a second vehicle, wherein the final connection between the batteries is made from a remote location via a radio transmitter and a receiver which is mounted in the cas... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4436255 | Seatbelt retractor A seatbelt retractor for use in a motor vehicle to retract a passenger restraining seatbelt to be fastened around an occupant. The seatbelt is wound around a rotatable takeup shaft in layers by a biasing force in the seatbelt retractor. Fixed on the takeu... | 03/13/1984 |
| 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 |
| 3957223 | Limiter for vehicle safety belt tension-relieving apparatus A limiting device limits the amount of withdrawal of a shoulder belt from a safety belt retractor when a tension-relieving apparatus for the shoulder belt is in operation. The shoulder belt tension-relieving apparatus includes: a tension-relieving locking... | 05/18/1976 |
