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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416150 | Overmolded inertia sensor mass for a seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor (10) has an actuator (14) for unlocking and locking the seat belt retractor (10) An inertial sensor (18) detects changes in vehicle acceleration and interacts with the actuator (14) to lock and unlock the seat... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7300013 | Seat belt retractor with overmolded inertia sensor mass A seat belt retractor (10) has an actuator (14) for unlocking and locking the seat belt retractor (10). An inertial sensor (18) detects changes in vehicle acceleration and interacts with the actuator (14) to lock and unlock the sea... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7247078 | Rotatable entertainment device A rotatable entertainment device includes a mobile arm rotatably coupled to the entertainment device, and a motion translation device coupled to the entertainment device and the mobile arm to convert an oscillatory motion of the entertainment device into a rotationa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7090304 | Retractor having vehicle sensitive sensor disabling mechanism A seat belt retractor (10) includes a spool (104) about which seat belt webbing (18) is wound. The spool (104) is supported for rotation in a belt withdrawal direction and in an opposite belt retraction direction. A vehicle sensitive sens... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6955339 | Valve body with integral seal retention groove A valve body has one or more integral seal retention grooves and one or more interior hollows which may be manufactured using frictional or other types of welding to join two previously formed portions through at least one cylindrical web. Forging or casting valve b... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6908604 | Macrostructures of porous inorganic material and process for their preparation There is provided macrostructures of porous inorganic material which can have controlled size, shape, and/or porosity and a process for preparing the macrostructures. The macrostructures comprise a three-dimension network of particles of porous inorganic materials. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6688547 | Self compensating inertia sensor The inertia sensor is a sensor for a seatbelt retractor used for sensing deceleration. The inertia sensor is composed of a primary mass, a secondary mass, and a lifter. The primary mass provides the inertia for the self compensating function. The secondar... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6679447 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor has a housing and a spool in the housing. A toothed ratchet wheel is coupled to the spool. A locking assembly has a lock bar pivotally mounted to the housing and moveable by means of a camming arrangement from an initial position cle... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6598921 | Protective device for securing the storage space in the interior of a vehicle A protecting device for securing a storage space in the interior of a vehicle has a winding shaft associated, both in the pullout and in the rollup direction, with a control device which determines the rotations of the winding shaft as well as a selected ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6547175 | Inertia sensor, belt retractor and injection molds for molding a support and a lever of an inertia sensor An inertia sensor for vehicle-sensitive activation of a belt retractor blocking mechanism, has a mass body, a support for the mass body, and a sensor lever having a control pawl and being mounted on the support for swivelling motion about a swivel axis an... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6435442 | Sensor for a belt retractor A vehicle-sensitive sensor for a belt retractor for vehicle safety belt systems, comprises an inertia body displaceable in case of decelerations and accelerations of the sensor, and a two-armed lever. A first arm of the two-armed lever forms a coupling pa... | 08/20/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6299093 | Sensor for a seat belt retractor A vehicle seat belt retractor has a frame, a spool rotatably mounted to the frame and a spool locking device for locking the spool against rotation. The spool locking device includes actuating means for actuating the locking device. The actuating means is... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6283553 | Seat belt retractor for reclinable seat backs A vehicle-sensitive retractor is provided that can be mounted in a reclinable seat back which has a nominal position inclined to the vertical and that is actuated to a locked position in each of three mutually-perpendicular planes. The retractor has a uni... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6254191 | Seatbelt retractor A seatbelt retractor to be mounted in a backrest is provided with a sensor member for actuating a locking mechanism. Depending on an angle of reclining of the backrest, the sensing member is pivotal such that the spatial orientation of the sensing member ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6230997 | Adjustable sensor for safety belt retractor An adjustment mechanism for a safety belt retractor locking sensor has a shaft rotatably mounted in a lock cup spade of a retractor and a cam part eccentrically mounted relative to the shaft. The cam part is received within an elliptical hole in the housi... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6216974 | Orientation apparatus for an emergency locking mechanism in a vehicle seat belt retractor An apparatus (10) includes a first structure (90, 72) having a seat surface (74) configured to engage and support an inertia weight (70) for inertial movement under the influence of a vehicle crash condition. The apparatus (10) further includes a second s... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6202952 | Safety belt apparatus with an acceleration sensor The invention relates to a safety belt apparatus comprising a belt roller (12) which is preferably resiliently subjected to a bias force in the belt wind-up direction, which carries a more or less rolled up belt (11) and which can be blocked against a fur... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6164581 | Low noise self-compensating vehicle sensor and retractor A seat belt retractor (22) having an inertial sensor to initiate lockup of the retractor, the inertial sensor including a first housing portion (102) having an actuating arm mounting member (120). The retractor including a first pin (126) cantilevered fro... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6099079 | Belt integral seat of a motor vehicle with a retractor for the safety belt and a sensor steering the retractor The invention relates to a belt integral seat of a motor vehicle with a backrest, which includes a frame, a retractor, for the safety belt attached to the backrest and a sensor steering this retractor. The seat also contains a seat area, which is joined b... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6068340 | Seat belt device A seat belt retractor 80 is attached to a seat back 14 and a cable advancing and retreating mechanism 20 is attached to a portion where a supporting arm 12 and a shaft 18 for inclining the seat back 14 are connected to each other. The supporting arm 12 pr... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6015164 | Seat belt device To allow a weight type acceleration sensor to be employed as an acceleration sensor of a seat belt retractor which is incorporated in a seat back. A seat belt retractor 80 is attached to a seat back 14 and a cable winder 20 is attached to a portion where ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5950952 | Acceleration sensor apparatus for a vehicle An acceleration sensor apparatus for a vehicle capable of properly detecting an acceleration acting on a vehicle body in a predetermined direction even when the mounted orientation of the acceleration sensor apparatus changes relative to the vehicle body,... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5882084 | Tilt locking seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor (10) for mounting on a vehicle seat back (22) includes a spool (110) on which seat belt webbing (32) is wound. The retractor (10) includes inertia sensing means (40) for blocking rotation of the spool (110) in a belt withdrawal direc... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5848758 | Safety belt reeling device with two vehicle-sensitive sensors with different threshold values A safety belt reeling device with a belt-sensitive control system, for locking the reeling shaft when safety belt removal occurs at a rate above a preset limit, has a reeling shaft and a safety belt fastened thereto. The reeling shaft is rotatable for win... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5820060 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor incorporated in a seat back that does not create noise, even with the vibration of a vehicle. A reel is supported by a frame, and reel rotation is prevented by a locking mechanism. In the locking mechanism, rotation of a gear wheel i... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5791582 | Safety belt reeling device with inclination compensation for the vehicle-sensitive sensor An inclination-compensatable safety belt reeling device connected to a vehicle seat, wherein the part of the vehicle seat to which the safety belt reeling device is connected is inclination-adjustable relative to an axis extending to the center of the ear... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5740980 | Safety belt reeling device with inclination compensation for a vehicle-sensitive sensor A safety belt reeling device with inclination compensation is connected to a vehicle seat, wherein the part of the vehicle seat to which the safety belt reeling device is connected is inclination-adjustable relative to the axis oriented to the center of t... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5716102 | Emergency locking mechanism with orientation control An apparatus (10) includes a vehicle seat (12) with an upper frame (28) supported to tilt on a lower frame (18). An emergency locking mechanism (60) is supported on the upper frame (28). The apparatus (10) further includes an orientation mechanism (106) i... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5622383 | Sensor for a safety belt retractor For a sensor for the vehicle-sensitive triggering of the locking mechanism of a safety belt retractor in the back of a vehicle seat, with a ball seat (17) which has a trough (16) for accepting a sensor ball (15), and a pivotally mounted sensor lever (20) ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5495994 | Inertia sensitive seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor (10) includes a vehicle deceleration sensing assembly (40) which is operable at a plurality of different inclined orientations to block withdrawal of belt webbing (32) from a spool (110). The spool (110) is rotatable about a first ax... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5377832 | Film canister with self-locating assembly features A light-tight canister for a roll of photosensitive media including an opaque tubular sleeve having outer ends, a pair of identical end caps with peripheral edges configured to engage and enclose the ends of the sleeve, and a tie bar extending through the... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5368664 | Photographic film cassette and method of manufacturing the same A photographic film cassette has a spool on which photographic film is wound, and a cassette shell for containing the spool rotatably. A photographic film passageway is formed in the cassette shell. The photographic film is passed out of and into a roll c... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5359378 | Film cassette with lockable light shield A film cassette comprises light blocking means supported for movement to a light blocking position for preventing ambient light from entering the cassette interior and to a non-blocking position. The light blocking means has a cavity for receiving a drive... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5351908 | Webbing retractor A webbing retractor winds-up a webbing by a winding shaft. A lock ring rotates according to movement of the winding shaft. A rotational delay of the lock ring with respect to the winding shaft is generated when the webbing is rapidly drawn-out. The rotati... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5289986 | Acceleration sensor An acceleration sensor having a sensor body rotatably mounted in a casing. A sensing ball is mounted in the sensor body for detecting acceleration. A balancing weight is secured to the sensor body for continuously orientating the sensor body in a horizont... | 03/01/1994 |
| 4978087 | Acceleration sensor for vehicle-sensitive systems An acceleration sensor for vehicle-sensitive systems is mounted on a part connected to the vehicle and comprises a mounting part having a baseplate, which has a spherical socket-shaped recess and bearing means for an impulse lever, which between the tip t... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4844374 | Acceleration sensor for webbing retractor A sensor is used in a retractor of a seat belt apparatus of a vehicle for winding a webbing to be fastened on an occupant of the vehicle and serves to prevent a webbing take-up shaft from rotating in the direction where the webbing is wound out. A bracket... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4685635 | Safety belt winder having a cylindrical body The safety belt winder comprises a base (1) in which is rotatively mounted a strap-carrying reel (4), a strap-return spring device (28), and safety and locking means for the belt (S) responsive to a sudden pulling force exerted on the belt. The base (1) h... | 08/11/1987 |
