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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128016 | Torsion bar support structure of seat belt retractor Provided is a torsion bar support structure of a seat belt retractor capable of smoothly rotating a rotary torsion bar and preventing deformation of the torsion bar due to moment applied to the torsion bar by coupling support members to both ends of the torsion bar.... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8109460 | Seatbelt apparatus of vehicle This seatbelt apparatus of a vehicle is provided with: a seatbelt; a belt reel on which the seatbelt is wound; a motor that drives a rotation of the belt reel; a controller that controls a driving amount of the motor; a winding position detection device that detects... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8070085 | Pretensioner A pretensioner is provided, which can be partially changed in mechanical strength of in a cylinder, in addition, can be widely used. In the pretensioner, the cylinder is molded by forging, and a positioning portion as a high-strength portion is formed from a partiti... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070086 | Webbing winding device A webbing winding device includes a clutch mechanism interposed between a spool and an output shaft of a motor and has a simple structure and high operability. In an interference piece that has an interference portion interfering with a connection pawl when an input... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8042758 | Cylinder in pretensioner for seat belt retractor and pretensioner for seat belt retractor employing the same Provided is a pretensioner for a seat belt retractor. The pretensioner for a seat belt retractor of a vehicle includes a torsion bar on which a webbing is wound; a gear member connected to the torsion bar; a base member with which the gear member is meshed and throu... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028949 | Webbing take-up device In a webbing take-up device 10, a worm gear 34, which is connected to a motor 44, engages with a gear wheel 32, and when the worm gear 34 rotates, driving force is transmitted via the gear wheel 32 and a clutch 26, wh... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028950 | Coupling system between pre-tensioning wheel and seat belt retainer spool A combination of belt retractor and belt pre-tensioner in which the pre-tensioning device is coupled to the belt shaft by means of the vehicle-sensitive or belt strap sensitive locking system of the belt retractor, is characterized in that a lever (16) entrai... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7988084 | Device for pretensioning a seatbelt In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a device for pretensioning a seatbelt is provided. The device comprises a spindle for receiving a portion of the seatbelt. A retractor frame that has a weakened portion is supported by the spindle for rotational m... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7963473 | Retractor with pretensioner A retractor includes a pretensioner whereby increased control and variation over the load limitation characteristics of the retractor are provided. The seat belt and spool are linked to a locking mechanism through a first force limiting element, while the pretension... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7946519 | Pretensioned retractor Seat belt retractors for spooling seat belts (webbings) include multiple independent torque transmission or absorbing systems. The seatbelt retractor comprises a webbing, a spool, a pinion, a pretensioner, at least one coupler pawl, and a locking mechanism including... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7934673 | 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... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7905441 | Seat belt tensioner The disclosed seat belt tensioner is for a seat belt safety system that may comprise a seat belt spindle, a drive motor for driving the seat belt spindle, and a gear connected to the drive motor. The gear may be a mechanical automatic gear that shifts automatically ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7883044 | Seat belt retractor The disclosed seat belt retractor may include a spool for retracting a seat belt, a torsion bar, a pre-tensioner, and a locking device. The torsion bar may disposed inside the spool, wherein one side of the torsion bar is connected to the spool, and configured to ab... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878439 | Retractor with pretensioner for auxiliary load limitation An assembly having a retractor and a pretensioner whereby the pretensioner can be employed to provide load limitation features. The pretensioner may also be used without the load limitation features. The pretensioner has a drive mechanism including a plurality of pr... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7850111 | Belt retractor for a safety belt system A belt retractor for a safety belt system has a frame (2), a belt reel (4) rotatably mounted in the frame (2) for receiving a belt webbing, a reversible belt tensioning unit with a motor (8), an irreversible belt tensioning unit, and a co... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7806357 | Retractor pretensioner with clutch A retractor includes a pretensioner whereby load limitation disturbances are minimized or eliminated to provide a synchronized and smooth transition between the different structures resisting the rotation of the spool. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7775473 | Motorized retractor In a motorized retractor, due to an ECU and a driver switching a speed of rotation of an output shaft of a motor to a first speed or a second speed, a transfer path of rotational force from the motor to a spool is switched to a first driving force transferring secti... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7717367 | Pretensioner device In a pretensioner device, engaging teeth of a pinion (rotating body) have first projections which project-out toward the other side in the peripheral direction of a cam portion. Meshing claws of a clutch plate have second projections which project-out toward a one s... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7631830 | Retractor with rotary rack pretensioner A seat belt retractor (100) having a rotationally mounted spool (120) with a seat belt windable thereon and a pretensioner (300) for winding the spool in a belt winding direction to rewind the seat belt upon the spool; the pretensioner comprisin... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631831 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt device is provided where a pretensioner moves a ball train to the distal end side of a ball guide pipe by means of gas discharged from a gas generating device, and the movement rotates the spool for winding the seat belt in a belt winding direction so as... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7624940 | Webbing retractor A webbing retractor which can prevent gas, which is for rotating a take-up shaft in a take-up direction, from affecting other structural parts. In the webbing retractor, when a pretensioner mechanism operates, gas for operation within a cylinder is exhausted toward ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7546968 | Fixture and webbing take-up device A fixture is disclosed which can reliably attach an attachment member, such as a cylinder, to an attachment site, such as a frame. The fixture includes a fixing portion, which faces the attachment site at the side of the attachment site and is fixed to the attachmen... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7506833 | Seat belt retractor and seat belt apparatus A seat belt retractor includes a spring for rotating a reel in a belt winding direction to wind up a seat belt, and a motor for generating rotational power capable of rotating the reel in the belt winding direction to wind up the seat belt. A motor control unit cont... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506832 | Motorized retractor A motorized retractor which includes a spool with a webbing wound therearound, a reversible motor, a forward and a reverse driving force transmission mechanisms. The forward and the reverse driving force transmission mechanisms are provided between the spool and an ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7500632 | Seat belt device A seat belt device has a gas generator for generating a high pressure gas when the vehicle is in emergency, a cylinder for conducting the high pressure gas from the gas generator, a piston received movably within the cylinder and pressed and moved by the high pressu... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7484683 | Webbing retractor A webbing retractor for an elongated, strip-shaped webbing belt used for application to a body of a vehicle occupant riding in a vehicle. The webbing retractor has: a frame in which a pair of leg plates, which are disposed so as to face one another, are connected by... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7475840 | Method for controlling a seat belt retractor At least one function of a seat belt retractor by is controlled by an electric motor. Torque of which is transmitted from the electric motor via a coupling to at least one component of the seat belt retractor. After the application of the seat belt with the transmit... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7469853 | Seatbelt retractor, seatbelt apparatus, and vehicle with a seatbelt apparatus A retractor of a seatbelt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that a motor is accommodated in a hollow cylinder portion of a spool and such that the correlation among the volume V1 of the motor housing of the motor, the volume of the cyl... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7458534 | Seat-belt pretensioner coupling A pretensioner coupling for a seat belt retractor for a motor vehicle of a type having a belt shaft and a pretensioner drive for winding the belt shaft. The pretensioner coupling having a coupling latch movably arranged between a release position and an engagement p... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7429012 | High performance tightener A self stopping seat belt retractor is provided with a belt shaft for winding a seat belt thereonto and unwinding a wound seat belt therefrom and a housing rotatably supporting the belt shaft and having a locking device that includes a locking means for the belt sha... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429231 | Rotary drive for a belt tensioner A rotary drive for a belt tensioner includes a housing, a pinion rotatably mounted therein, and at least one driving gear coupled to the pinion, the driving gear being mounted in the housing and being adapted to be driven by pressurized gas introduced into a pressur... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427044 | Webbing retractor In the webbing retractor, a lock plate is supported by a circular axis so as to be circularly movable freely by a resin support portion of a gear case by insertion of the circular axis of the lock plate in a support hole of the gear case. Even at times when great lo... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424985 | Helical pretensioner A seatbelt pretensioner mechanism (10) for use with a seatbelt retractor (11). The retractor (11) has a spool (16) configured for winding a seatbelt webbing thereon. The pretensioner mechanism (10) is housed inside the retractor sp... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424984 | Belt retractor-belt tensioner-combination with tensioning drive integrated into the belt shaft Disclosed is a self-locking safety belt retractor comprising a blocking element which can be triggered in a belt band-sensitive and/or vehicle-sensitive manner and blocks the rotation of the belt shaft in the unwinding direction of the belt, and a tensioning drive w... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424986 | Belt spool retractor A seatbelt pretensioner mechanism (10) for use with a seatbelt retractor (11). The retractor (11) has a spool (16) configured for winding a seatbelt webbing thereon. The pretensioner mechanism (10) includes a movable actuator membe... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422173 | Belt tensioner for a safety belt retractor A belt tensioner for a safety belt retractor has a housing, a piston which is displaceable in the housing, and teeth, which are arranged separated and spaced from the piston. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416149 | Webbing take-up device In a webbing take-up device, when the release of a webbing belt is detected from the signal of a buckle switch, a motor starts driving, the webbing belt is taken up, and a computing circuit increases a voltage Eb in accordance with an integrated time after the signa... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7401815 | Dual spool retractor seat belt system A dual spool retractor for a motor vehicle seat belt system. The dual spool retractor includes shoulder belt and lap belt spool assemblies engaging with the shoulder belt and lap belt portions of the seat belt webbing. The dual spool retractor incorporates a gas dri... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392958 | Belt retractor for a safety belt A belt retractor for a safety belt has a brake surface (38), a blocking mechanism (18), a brake element (24) which can prevent a steering in of the blocking mechanism (18), and a magnetic actuator (28). The brake element (24... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7380740 | Seat belt retractor and seat belt device A seat belt retractor is provided in which two winding performances are achieved while reduced power consumption of a motor and simplified control of the motor are also achieved. A clutch gear is meshed with a carrier gear by rotation of a motor in the normal direct... | 06/03/2008 |
