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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141806 | Seatbelt apparatus for vehicle A seat belt apparatus for a vehicle including: a belt reel; a emergency locking retractor which performs a mechanical locking of the belt reel so as not to rotate in a direction of unwinding a webbing when an unstable behavior of the vehicle is detected by a vehicle... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7537179 | Seat-belt retractor In at least one embodiment of the present invention a seat-belt retractor is provided. The seat-belt retractor comprises a locking system that is controlled by means of at least one vehicle-sensitive sensor. The sensor has an alignment mass for autonomous alignment ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7455256 | Seatbelt retractor having a cushioned sensor actuator A seatbelt retractor assembly (10) has a seatbelt retractor (14) and an actuator (26) for locking and unlocking the seatbelt retractor (1). An inertial sensor mass (30) detects changes in vehicle speed. The mass (30) has a g... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7395984 | Safety tether for hand tools A safety device for hand tools includes a casing having a first clasp secured to the casing for mounting to the tool. A second clasp is mounted to a retractable cable connected to a constant tension cable reel mounted within the casing: The cable is payed out of and... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7341216 | Device for controlling a seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor has a winding shaft to wind a seat belt. A motive spring pretensions the winding shaft in the winding direction of the seat belt. An electric motor provides a torque that can be transmitted to the motive spring to change the spring force. A swi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7086625 | Belt retractor for a seat belt A belt retractor for a seatbelt comprising a retractor pawl which blocks the seatbelt from being pulled out of the belt retractor in the event of an accident, and having a tightening device which tightens the seatbelt in a hazardous situation, the tightening device ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7051969 | Belt retractor A belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt comprises a frame and a belt spool (1) which is rotatably mounted in the frame, and at least one locking toothing (2, 3) which is connected with the belt spool. A first locking catch (5) and a second lo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7025297 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor has a spool mounted for rotation on the retractor, for retraction or payout of seat-belt webbing depending upon the rotation direction of the spool. The spool is locked against rotation when a crash condition is sensed. A force limiter allows f... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013736 | Sensor for belt retractor A sensor for a vehicle belt retractor includes a housing, an excitation mass, a locking mechanism which locks the belt retractor, and a lever arm connected to the housing. The lever arm is in contact with the excitation mass and engages the locking mechanism when th... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6957789 | Seat belt retractor A U-shaped frame for a seat belt retractor has two spaced arms made from a material of a predetermined thickness and having a cutout in the material of each arm for receiving a lockbar. Each cutout has an edge comprising a land portion for supporting the lockbar, wh... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6915979 | Acceleration sensor assembly for restraint retractor An acceleration sensor assembly for a restraint retractor of a seat restraint system in a vehicle includes an acceleration sprocket operatively connected to the restraint retractor. The acceleration sensor assembly also includes an acceleration pawl cooperating with... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916045 | Seat belt retractor torsion rod activity sensor A seat belt load limiter employs a magnetostrictive sensor to detect the elastic loading and plastic deformation of a torsion rod forming part of a seat belt retractor. A magnet and a coil are placed about or adjacent to the torsion rod. When the torsion rod undergo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6902048 | Clutch The present invention provides various clutch/gear assemblies that can be driven by a single motor. The clutch/gear assemblies comprise a smart material which changes shape when supplied with energy, e.g., current or heat. The smart material achieves one of a first ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6755369 | Belt retractor comprising a locking pawl actuated by an electromagnet A belt retractor has a locking pawl actuated by an electromagnet. The electromagnet is operated with a holding power that is reduced in comparison to its actuation power. The holding power may be provided by a series device in the current supply of the electromagnet... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6705558 | Seat belt retractor with a load limiter A seat belt retractor for a seat belt system in a motor vehicle has a belt reel for the winding and unwinding of seat belt webbing. At least one locking element can lock the belt reel against further rotation. Forces exerted by the seat belt webbing can be introduce... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6598822 | Webbing retractor A webbing retractor is disclosed. One end portion of a plate is fixed to a hollow cylindrical portion of a spool. An intermediate portion of the plate is entrained around an engaging pin and the like of a gear which can rotate relatively to the spool. A p... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6386472 | Acceleration sensor assembly for a restraint retractor An acceleration sensor assembly for a restraint retractor of a seat restraint system in a vehicle includes an acceleration sprocket operatively connected to the restraint retractor. The acceleration sensor assembly also includes an acceleration pawl coope... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6364239 | Seat belt retractor with adjustable tip gap A seat belt retractor has a frame, a spool rotatably mounted to the frame, a spool locking device for preventing rotation of the spool. An actuator actuates the spool locking device and has a support carrying an inertia mass and a pawl. The inertia mass i... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6322018 | Lockbar for a seatbelt retractor A lockbar for a seatbelt retractor has an elongate joining member and two end pieces joined to the joining member at opposite ends therefore. The end pieces are made of a higher strength material than the joining member. The joining member may be made by ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6267315 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor has a webbing spool fixed to a ratchet wheel having a plurality of teeth spaced about its circumference. A locking pawl has a plurality of teeth with a pitch less than the pitch of the teeth on the ratchet wheel. The pawl is arranged... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6216973 | Electric locking seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor (10) including a seat belt webbing spool (24) supported for rotation in a belt withdrawal direction (29) and an opposite belt retraction direction (30). A member (40) is supported for rotation relative to the spool (24). The retracto... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6213420 | Safety belt apparatus with an acceleration sensor The invention relates to a safety belt apparatus with a belt roller (11) which is preferably subjected to a bias force in the wind-up direction by a spring and onto which a seat belt (12) is wound up to a greater or a lesser extent, with an acceleration s... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6105893 | Belt winding and tightening combination with a force limiter A safety belt reeling device has a belt reeling shaft lockable by a vehicle-sensitive and/or belt-sensitive locking device. A tightening device is provided and a tightening coupling connects the tightening device to the belt reeling shaft when the tighten... | 08/22/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5895003 | Coupling disk for a belt retractor A coupling disk comprises a control pawl mounted swivably about a swivel axis for swiveling from a resting position into a engagement position in which the coupling disk is coupled to a functional part of the belt retractor. The control pawl has a mount w... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5779176 | Webbing take-up device There is provided a webbing take-up device in which a load required to rotate a spool in a webbing drawing direction with reference to a shaft is stabilized in the process of rotating the spool, a stable load can be achieved with small deformation, and mi... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5779178 | Seat belt retractor assembly having magnetically actuated locking mechanism A retractor assembly for a seat belt system includes a magnetically actuated locking mechanism to selectively prevent extension of the seat belt. The retractor assembly includes a spring loaded spindle about which the seat belt may be wrapped and selectiv... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5744872 | Inertia responsive apparatus An apparatus 10 has an inertia assembly 14 which includes a moveable ball 60 for movement from a rest position under the influence of a predetermined change in vehicle inertia. A cap 64 is mounted to engage the ball 60 and to be displaced upon movement of... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5740979 | Transport guard device for a belt retractor A transport guard device for a belt retractor for safety belts, more particularly a belt retractor with an integrated belt pretensioner drive, wherein the belt drum, which is rotatably supported in a housing and is provided with ratchet teeth means, is ab... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5636807 | Acceleration sensor having inertia weight responsive to accelerations in every direction An aircraft inertial webbing reel is mounted in a housing and has a ratchet wheel. A dog is mounted for spring-biased movement into engagement with the ratchet wheel teeth to lock the reel. A spring-biased blocking cam normally blocks movement of the dog.... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5441209 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor having a reel shaft that performs relative rotation in the unwinding direction, where teeth of a main pawl approach teeth of a side wall of the seat belt retractor by a set amount, but the teeth of the main pawl do not approach the t... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5388780 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor is provided with an emergency locking mechanism which can operate securely while an end lock state where a webbing can be neither drawn out nor taken up is prevented from being caused by the maloperation of the emergency locking mech... | 02/14/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5299830 | Safety belt pre-tension assembly The safety belt pre-tension assembly comprises a support 14, a safety belt buckle 10 mounted on the support for axial displacement relative to the support, a housing 40, a winding reel 44 mounted within the housing and a helical power spring 52 associated... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5294070 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor is of a type having an emergency locking mode and an auto-locking mode. The retractor comprises a take-up shaft on which a webbing is wound. A ratchet wheel is connected to the take-up shaft to rotate therewith, and an annular cam me... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5098030 | Pretensioner in seat belt apparatus A pretensioner for removing slack from a seat belt having a slack removing mechanism drive actuated in response to a detection signal indicative of a prescribed degree of deceleration of a vehicle, and pawl gears which, owing to a driving force produced b... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4991682 | Acceleration sensor A sensor, preferably one of sub-miniature design, serves for measuring an acceleration (b). For this purpose, an electric signal representative of the acceleration (b) to be measured is generated by a sensor arrangement and evaluated as measured value. Th... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4925124 | Dual-mode inertia reel system An inertia responsive mechanism employs a freely mounted inertia mass in combination with a seat belt retractor mechanism wherein the inertia mass is sensitive to vehicle deceleration or to strap acceleration, or to both. Disclosed are a variety of arrang... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4895317 | Electrically actuatable locking mechanism for a seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor comprises a spindle having seat belt webbing wound thereon. The spindle is supported for rotation in belt withdrawal and belt retraction directions. A member is movable between a first position in which the spindle is free to rotate ... | 01/23/1990 |
