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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6439493 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor has a belt reel mounted rotatably on a frame for retracting and letting out the seat belt. A belt webbing and/or vehicle sensitive sensor activates a control element which in. turn actuates a blocking device that blocks rotation of t... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6416003 | Belt reel for a belt retractor of a vehicle occupant restraint system A belt reel for a belt retractor of a vehicle occupant restraint system comprises a cylindrical spool adapted for accommodation of a belt webbing and at least a first collar arranged at a first axial end of the spool. The spool consists of at least one sh... | 07/09/2002 |
| 5372328 | Restraint belt retractor A shaft on which a restraint belt is wound is rotatably mounted in the side walls of a U-shaped frame. A plastic belt guide is connected by side arm belt edge protectors to tubular flanges that form bushings for the shaft. A driving hub mounted on the sha... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5312066 | Restraint belt retractor A shaft on which a restraint belt is wound is rotatably mounted in the side walls of a U-shaped frame. A driving hub mounted on the shaft drives a locking hub through a clutch formed of ball bearings mounted in recesses in the faces of the hubs. Belt payo... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5086989 | Dual effort linear retractor A reel is rotatably mounted on a reel frame and has a length of belt attached thereto. A track is mounted on the vehicle body and has the reel frame mounted thereon for translation along the track from a retracted position to an extended position. A high ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4566650 | Emergency-locking type retractor provided with a take-up force locking mechanism A retractor has a reel biased in a belt take-up direction and rotatably supported by a base member, and a belt take-up force locking mechanism capable of assuming a position in which it is interlocked with rotation of the reel and a position in which it i... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4564155 | Emergency locking type retractor provided with a take-up force locking mechanism According to the present invention, the problem that both of the draw-out and the rewinding of a belt become impossible when take-up force locking means and emergency locking means are combined together can be solved by simply adding releasing means for b... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4560115 | Emergency lock safety belt retractor with lock-up release mechanism An emergency lock safety belt retractor is designed to facilitate release from an inadvertent lock-up which may occur after full-speed retraction of the seat belt. This undesired lock-up is due to a latch mechanism which locks a belt spool in response to ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4524924 | Seat belt reel A seat belt reel, retractor or other locking device adapted to be locked by the operation of an inertia member when the vehicle or aircraft in which it is fitted is suddenly subjected to an irregular movement, the said inertia member being carried by rota... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4485986 | Emergency locking retractor for a seat belt assembly A retractor sensitive both to a rate of webbing withdrawal and to vehicle acceleration is disclosed. A reel for paying off and winding up the webbing is fixedly mounted on a rotary shaft sprung in a direction of webbing retraction. Mounted on an extension... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4456195 | Emergency locking vehicle safety belt retractor An emergency locking retractor of the type that has a cam wheel and an inertia wheel having coacting cam elements that cause either the cam wheel or the inertia wheel to shift axially and thereby engage locking ratchet teeth to lock the wheel from rotatio... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4393995 | Emergency locking type retractor An emergency locking type retractor has a retractor base, a take-up reel rotatably supported by the retractor base, locking means provided in the retractor base, a latch member, a guide member, a biasing member for urging the latch member towards axially ... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4392620 | Emergency locking retractor for a vehicle occupant restraint belt An emergency locking retractor for a vehicle occupant restraint belt comprises a locking mechanism having an inner disc that is received on the reel shaft for axial movement toward and away from a side frame member in which the reel is supported, an inert... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4278216 | Double-safety emergency locking belt retractor A double-safety emergency locking belt retractor for vehicle safety belt systems comprises an improved automatic-locking mechanism in which an axially movable latch disc locks the reel to the retractor frame upon rotation of the reel relative to an inerti... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4186895 | Safety belt retractor A device for rolling up a belt of a safety belt assembly for automobiles or the like of the kind employing a locking wheel on the reel spindle for the belt. The locking wheel is moved axially into engagement with a set of teeth on the housing to stop the ... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4170329 | Emergency locking vehicle safety belt retractor An emergency locking safety belt retractor reel device includes a U-shaped bracket and a belt take-up reel rotatably supported between the side walls and spring biased to rotate in a belt retraction direction and including a shaft projecting beyond a side... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4109881 | Winding-up device with automatic lock initiated by friction for a safety belt A winding-up device for a safety belt in which a winding shaft connected to one end of the belt is normally freely rotatable in both pay-out and take-up direction in a housing. A locking arrangement is provided for locking the shaft to the housing and is ... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4077585 | Inertia type wind up device for safety web belt Inertia type wind up device for safety web belt and having a winding shaft and an inertia blocking wheel rotatably mounted on the winding shaft and which wheel is axially shiftable on the winding shaft upon abrupt acceleration of the shaft against a wind ... | 03/07/1978 |
| 3979083 | Winding-up device with automatic lock for safety belt A winding-up device for a safety belt, in which a spool to which one end of the belt is connected is journaled in a housing with a spring biasing the spool in take-up direction. The belt can be freely drawn outwardly from the housing up to a limit acceler... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3970265 | Safety belt winding device The winding device for a vehicle safety belt comprises a housing, a sleeve rotatable in the housing and spring-biased to wind up the safety belt, a ratchet wheel with ratchet teeth arranged at one end of the sleeve, counter teeth disposed on the housing, ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3967794 | Device for initiating the blocking of a reel shaft for a safety belt winding-up automat A device for blocking the shaft of a safety belt mechanism in which the blocking of the shaft is initiated in response to acceleration of the shaft in pay-out direction. An inertia responsive disc element is mounted on the shaft and movement thereof on th... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3944164 | Storage device for a safety belt A storage device for a safety belt in which the safety belt is wound up on a shaft rotatably mounted in a housing. A ratchet wheel is carried by the shaft and rotation of the ratchet wheel is arrested by a pawl. The pawl is moved into engagement with the ... | 03/16/1976 |
