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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281620 | Self-retracting lifeline A preferred embodiment self-retracting lifeline (100) includes a centrifugal clutch assembly (121) having a pawl (128) and a spring (131). The pawl (128) and the spring (131), which do not require any fixed attachment to any... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7251966 | Cable wrap security device A security device a plurality of cables which are securable about an item of merchandise with a locking member and a cable-tightening mechanism each connected to the cables in a spaced apart manner. The locking member includes a key portion for unlocking the tighten... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7168275 | Cable wrap security device A security device a plurality of cables which are securable about an item of merchandise with a locking member and a cable-tightening mechanism each connected to the cables in a spaced apart manner. The locking member includes a key portion for unlocking the tighten... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165688 | Retractable hanging apparatus A retractable hanging apparatus that includes an engagement structure, such as a bar, upon which an article is hung or secured, with the engagement structure being suspended by one or more lines that are attached to a spring-biased roller assembly rotatably mounted ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162899 | Cable wrap security device A security device includes a locking member, a ratchet mechanism, and a plurality of cables. The cables extend through both a fastener and a base of the locking member and are wrapped around all six sides of a box-like structure. The fastener is releasably snap-fitt... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6902129 | Seat belt device A seat belt device is provided. The seat belt device has a seat belt roller together with a locking device for locking the seat belt roller. The seat belt device furthermore has a guide pin which is moveably supported inside a guide link and is coupled to the lockin... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6732967 | Webbing retractor and method of assembling webbing retractor In a webbing retractor, a stopper plate is mounted to a belt insert-through hole of a spool. In this mounted state, a restricting wall of the stopper plate extends further outward in a radial direction of a spool main body than an outer peripheral portion of the spo... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6530536 | Webbing retractor A guide pin is provided erect at a lock plate of a webbing retractor. A guide hole is formed in a V gear in correspondence with the guide pin. The guide hole is formed from a first hole portion, a second hole portion and a third hold portion. A state in w... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6523771 | Webbing retractor In a webbing retractor, when a pawl engages with an internal tooth, a lock plate is guided, via a V gear, to a position at which engagement with a ratchet tooth is possible, and thereafter, the lock plate self-locks. When the V gear reversely rotates by a... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6354528 | Webbing retractor An inexpensive webbing retractor is obtained by making a pretensioner and a lock device small and reducing the number of parts. A plurality of protrusions are formed on an inner peripheral portion of the bearing body, which pivotally supports a clutch por... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6305633 | Webbing take-up device There is provided a webbing take-up device of which weight can be reduced while maintaining lock strength. A single lock plate which is engaged with an internal gear ratchet at the time of sudden deceleration of a vehicle is held in an accommodating porti... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6152393 | Webbing winding device A webbing take-up device 10 which takes up a webbing which is attached by a vehicle occupant, comprising: a rotor member 50 which rotates integrally with a take-up shaft 14 which takes up the webbing; a lock wheel 32 which is rotatably supported at the ta... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6068208 | Retractor for use with a seat belt A retractor for use with a seat belt is capable of releasing a state of end lock easily without using a complicated structure of the lock operation means for operating the lock means in the case of an emergency of a vehicle. There are provided pawls (16, ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5771993 | Safety devices for fall restraint The present invention provides a retractable lifeline safety device in which the side of the housing thereof comprises at least two extruded metal housing member which are connected to form the side of the housing. The present invention also provides a re... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5301894 | Webbing retractor In a webbing retractor, a winding shaft has both ends rotatably supported by a frame and serves to wind-up an occupant securing webbing in a layer fashion. A lock ring is supported relatively rotatably with the winding shaft. The lock ring is usually rota... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5042738 | Webbing lock device for webbing retractor A webbing lock device for a webbing retractor in which a takeup shaft is locked and prevented from rotating in a webbing drawing-out direction when the takeup shaft has rotated by a predetermined amount in the webbing drawing-out direction after meshing e... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5022601 | Locking mechanism for webbing retractor A lock mechanism for a webbing retractor prevents an occupant restraining webbing from being wound off from a webbing takeup shaft when a vehicular emergency occurs. The lock mechanism is provided with a member to which the rotational force of the takeup ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4998683 | Spool and cord type safety device A spool and cord type arresting device for use by persons to arrest a fall, has a spool rotationally mounted in a casing and a cord wound on the spool for paying out from the casing thereby rotating the spool. A pair of pawls are pivotally mounted on the ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4993656 | Webbing retractor A webbing retractor which, when a webbing is drawn out instantaneously, prevents the drawing out of the webbing by operating a lock mechanism. In addition, when a vehicle is decelerated suddenly, the drawing out of the webbing is also instantaneously prev... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4913371 | Automatic reset strap lock device An automatic reset strap lock device having pawls to engage lugs upon rapid pulling of a strap from a drum on which the strap is wound and springs and an inertia plate to insure resetting of the pawls to permit rewinding of the strap or continued pulling ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4907820 | Belt retractor The belt retractor is provided with a vehicle-sensitive and webbing-sensitive locking mechanism. At the two side faces of the belt coiling shaft in each case two locking pawls are pivotably mounted eccentrically thereto. They are each biased by a return s... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4905928 | Locking apparatus for webbing retractor A locking mechanism applied to a retractor for winding up on a take-up shaft a webbing which fastens an occupant of a vehicle is designed to prevent the unwinding of the webbing when the vehicle suddenly decelerates. A lock wheel, that follows the rotatio... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4802634 | Belt reel-in mechanism A self-locking belt reel-in mechanism, especially for the safety belts of motor vehicles. The mechanism includes a belt-winding spindle that is mounted in a housing and is loaded by a rewinding spring. The spindle includes a spindle core and a spindle bod... | 02/07/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4741491 | Reel for vehicle safety belt A retractor reel assembly for vehicle safety belt has a rotatable reel which automatically winds in the safety belt when it is not in use, and has a locking arrangement, which is normally in the locked condition. A sensor senses the acceleration or decele... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4732346 | Lock mechanism for webbing retractor A lock mechanism for a webbing retractor is designed to prevent unwinding of an occupant restraining webbing for a vehicle when an emergency situation of the vehicle occurs. The lock mechanism has a lock wheel adapted to rotate by means of biasing force i... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4729523 | Locking mechanism for webbing retractor A lock mechanism for a webbing retractor prevents an occupant restraining webbing from being wound off from a webbing takeup shaft when a vehicular emergency occurs. The lock mechanism is provided with a member to which the rotational force of the takeup ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4687156 | Lock mechanism for webbing retractor A lock mechanism for a webbing retractor employed in a seatbelt system for a vehicle designed to protect an occupant in an emergency situation of the vehicle. A ratchet wheel is provided coaxially with a lock ring adapted for stopping, when an emergency s... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4597543 | Locking mechanism adapted for use in webbing retractor In a locking mechanism for a webbing retractor in which a plurality of lock plates rotated together with a takeup shaft winding an occupant-restraining webbing are moved in tangential directions of the takeup shaft in an emergency situation of a vehicle a... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4531687 | Retractor reel for a vehicle safety belt A retractor reel for a vehicle safety belt comprising a shaft rotatably mounted on a support adapted automatically to wind a safety belt when the belt is not in use and incorporating means for locking the shaft to prevent the belt being withdrawn from the... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4467981 | Webbing retractor An acceleration of a vehicle is detected, whereby a movable body tilts a lever, which in turn tilts a pawl to stop a lock ring in rotation, so that a takeup shaft can be stopped in a direction of webbing unwinding rotation. When the angle at which the mov... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4463917 | Webbing retractor A lock ring journalled on a takeup shaft for winding an occupant restraining webbing is adapted to guide a plurality of lock plates provided around the takeup shaft in directions opposite to each other, and an engageable device subjected to a turning forc... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4369932 | Automatic wind-up roller for a safety belt Automatic wind-up roller for a safety belt with means to block the belt roller in case of danger. The wind-up roller has an automatic release mechanism which is activated when the vehicle exceeds a predetermined acceleration or deceleration. The automatic... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4310129 | Seat belt retractor with emergency locking mechanism A seat belt retractor provided with an emergency locking mechanism comprises a seat belt retractor body having right and left side plates and a retractor shaft, first and second locking means, a support member having therein pawls adapted to be engaged wi... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4300733 | Seat belt take-up device provided with an emergency-locking mechanism A seat belt take-up device provided with an emergency-locking mechanism and having means for detecting a speed change of a vehicle above a predetermined value and in which webbing take-up means is locked upon detection of the speed change comprises a rota... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4277036 | Automatic wind-up roller for a safety belt Automatic wind-up roller for a safety belt with means to block the belt roller in case of danger. The wind-up roller has an automatic release mechanism which is activated when the vehicle exceeds a predetermined acceleration or deceleration. The automatic... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4228970 | Safety belt retractor with emergency locking mechanism A safety belt retractor for a motor vehicle has an emergency locking mechanism which is of dual sensitive type and senses an emergency of the vehicle by sensing webbing extraction acceleration or speed and by sensing direct speed change or acceleration of... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4177962 | Winding-in device for vehicle safety belts This invention relates to winding-in devices for automobile safety belts of the kind having a shaft, rotatably mounted in a housing to receive the safety belt, which is withdrawable, and having locking means by which said shaft is locked against further r... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4099685 | Locking device in safety seat belts for vehicles A locking device for vehicle safety seat belts of the type in which a strap of the seat belt is automatically retracted and wound onto a wind-up shaft when the seat belt is not in use, for preventing rapid extension of the strap. The device comprises a ro... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4065071 | Safety belt retractor Safety belt retractor having a locking mechanism which is operatively connected with the spindle of the retractor and comprises a rotor connected with the spindle, and at least one locking element displaceably arranged in the rotor, said locking element b... | 12/27/1977 |
