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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172267 | Method and belt tensioning system for restraining passengers of a vehicle upon impact with an obstacle In a method and apparatus for restraining passengers in a retaining passengers in a vehicle upon impact with an obstacle, a possible accident is initially sensed. Thereafter, at the latest, whenever the vehicle first contacts the obstacle, or whenever vehicle decele... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8132829 | Pretensioner In the pretensioner, a guiding wall is provided in a generator-side passing portion of a gas passing portion, and an inner portion of the generator-side passing portion at a portion where the guard wall is set is located to a base end rather than a tip end of a wire... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8079616 | Seatbelt apparatus A seatbelt apparatus is provided which can constrain a passenger by ensuring removal of a slack of a lap belt when two pretensioners are activated under two different time frames. A pretensioner of a seatbelt retractor is activated first, and a shoulder belt and a l... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075019 | Device for restraining a vehicle occupant A kit for a device for restraining a vehicle occupant includes a prefabricated seat belt retractor (1) that has a winding shaft (2) mounted in a rotatable manner in a retractor frame (4) to wind up and unwind the seat belt. The kit further inclu... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066303 | Vehicle occupant restraint system A vehicle occupant restraint system includes: a lap belt that restrains a hip of a seated occupant; a shoulder belt that has a lower end portion coupled to a middle portion of the lap belt in a seat width direction and that is used to restrain an upper body of the s... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8056927 | Pet travel safety device for use with a vehicle seatbelt system to controllably restrain movement of a pet in a vehicle A pet travel safety device is provided for use with a vehicle seatbelt system to controllably restrain movement of a pet in a vehicle during a collision or sudden deceleration of the vehicle. In one embodiment, a safety restrainer may secure a pet in a vehicle havin... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8047573 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor for a safety belt including a seat belt spindle for winding up and unwinding the safety belt and a tensioning drive. The seat belt spindle includes a gas generator, a drive wheel and a supply pipe which connects the gas generator and the drive ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042835 | Belt tensioner for a safety belt system A belt tensioner for a safety belt system has a drive unit and a power transmission element, which engages on a drive element when the drive unit is activated. The power transmission element is a non-rigid medium. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8011696 | Bent pre-tensioner tube A pre-tensioning device for a seat belt with a piston which is guided in a bent tube, and which in case of triggering is influenced by gas generated by a gas generator located in one section of the tube, to which a cable led into the tube by a cable opening is attac... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7976066 | Seat belt pretensioner A seat belt pretensioner may include a cylinder, a piston slidably disposed in the cylinder, a gas generator installed to rear end portion of the cylinder and configured to supply a propellant gas to the piston for moving the piston in a forward direction, a first d... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7963562 | Safety belt system for a motor vehicle A safety belt system for a motor vehicle is provided. The safety belt system comprising a safety belt, a shoulder portion of the safety belt, a buckle element, a mobile region of the buckle element, which under the action of forces caused by a crash is mobile from a... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7900965 | Pretensioner device and method of manufacturing the same In a pretensioner device, a boot formed into a cylindrical shape covers a circumference of an elongated member, and a tip end of webbing inserted into an insertion hole of a joint anchor through a pair of through-holes formed on an upper end side of the boot is sewn... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887095 | Belt tensioner for a seatbelt system A belt tensioner for a safety belt system includes a pinion (16) rotatably mounted in a housing (12), a drive unit (26), and a toothed rack (18) whose toothing (20) is directly engaged or enters into direct engagement with the pini... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887096 | Pretensioner and seat belt apparatus A pretensioner for restraining an occupant with a seat belt by withdrawing a seat belt buckle upon occurrence of an impact on a vehicle. The pretensioner includes a wire. One end portion of the wire is connected to the seat belt buckle and the other end portion of t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7878548 | Pretensioner and seat belt apparatus A pretensioner for restraining an occupant with a seat belt by pulling the seat belt when an impact on a vehicle is generated. The pretensioner comprises a retaining ring having a ring to be in contact with an end of a seal member facing a protective member and a pl... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874590 | Safety belt A safety belt includes a length adjuster for securement of one end of a belt webbing, with the length adjuster being constantly biased in a direction of retraction of the belt webbing. A locking mechanism, when rendered effective, inhibits the length adjuster from t... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866703 | Re-settable vehicle seat belt buckle pre-tensioner presenter system and method of operation A re-settable vehicle seat belt pre-tensioner apparatus is disclosed having a first member engagable with a second member that is moveable relative to the first member, and re-settable in response to various sensed driving conditions to pretension the seat belt arou... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7832768 | Retaining system with seat belt retractor and pretensioner device A restraining system for a motor vehicle with a seat belt retractor that accommodates the one end of a seatbelt component, which has a tightening device having a belt shaft and a drive cable connected to the belt shaft, in which a sleeve (26) that enlarges th... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828332 | Seat belt tensioner A seat belt tensioner includes a guide, which has a pair of opposing plates connected by a connector, a wire, a first end of which extends upward to be connected to a seat belt, a central portion of which is curved to extend around the connector, and a retracting me... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823924 | Seatbelt pretensioner for a vehicle In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a seatbelt pretensioner is provided. The pretensioner comprises a cylinder having a proximal section which defines a gas chamber that forms at least a portion of an interior space defined by the cylinder. Extendin... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7806440 | Dual spool retractor in belt-in-seat A restraint assembly of a type including a seat belt assembly and a side impact air bag assembly. The seat belt assembly and side impact assembly are preferably mounted to a motor vehicle seat. The seat belt assembly includes one or two retractors, preferably each h... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7793982 | Device for tightening a seat belt A device for tightening a seat belt has a piston (2) drivable linearly in a piston guide (1) by the gas pressure of a propellant gas. A gearing (3) is also caused to move by the piston (2), the gearing serving the transmission of the pist... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7770929 | Vehicular seatbelt restraint with selectively disabled inertia reel assembly A locking mechanism of an inertia reel assembly of a vehicular seatbelt restraint system is selectively disabled based on a latch status of a seatbelt buckle of the seatbelt restraint system. In one embodiment, a sensor at a latch assembly determines whether the sea... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766389 | Vehicle seatbelt apparatus A vehicle seatbelt apparatus includes a inhibiting section for inhibiting a belt-reel driving motor from being driven when it determines, on the basis of an output signal from a rotational position detecting unit associated with a belt reel, that variation in the ro... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7758074 | Webbing retractor, webbing retracting method, and vehicle A webbing retractor is provided that reduces the amount of webbing that is pulled-out after operation of a pretensioner mechanism. In a webbing retractor 10, a lock pawl 78 is set in a non-meshable state in which it cannot mesh with a lock gear 26 | 07/20/2010 |
| 7748744 | Seat belt apparatus A seat belt apparatus including a seat belt through anchor including a hanging shaft that a seat belt withdrawn from a retractor is hung on. The seat belt anchor also includes an anchor base that supports both ends of the hanging shaft. The anchor base includes a sh... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7744126 | Tensioning device for seatbelts with an olive-shaped piston A tensioning device for a seatbelt system in motor vehicles with a driving arrangement that comprises a tube having at least one tube section bent with a radius of curvature, and a piston guided movably in said tube, whereby the piston is connected via a driving cab... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7712784 | Motorized seatbelt retractor Each ECU in a system configuration based on a motorized seatbelt retractor having an ECU combined with a motor shortens the harness length along which many currents flow as much as possible. A main ECU and a subsidiary ECU each have functions corresponding to those ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7703807 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor for a safety belt including a seat belt spindle for winding up and unwinding the safety belt and a tensioning drive. The seat belt spindle includes a gas generator, a drive wheel and a supply pipe which connects the gas generator and the drive ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7690688 | Safety belt roll-up mechanism having a force limitation device actuatable as a function of the length of belt strap withdrawn A safety belt roll-up mechanism is provided, and includes a force limitation device that operates in a multi-stage manner and has a two-stage torque rod and a pyrotechnically operating switching device that couples the torque rod, in various clamping lengths, with a... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7686340 | Occupant restraint system and method for restraining occupant in seat of vehicle An occupant restraint system includes a rollover prediction unit, a rollover detection unit, primary and secondary pre-tensioner units, and a control unit. The rollover prediction unit is configured to predict a rollover of the vehicle based on a state of the vehicl... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7673906 | Seat belt pretensioner A pretensioning apparatus for seat belt webbing is located in the vicinity of a belt anchor end of a three-point vehicle safety restraint seat belt. The pretensioning apparatus has a fixed member in the form of a tubular member that may be anchored to a vehicle seat... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673905 | Lock device of sliding mechanism In a lock device of a sliding mechanism, a pair of locking claws provided on a moving member are brought into resilient engagement with locking grooves of a locking groove group, whereby downward sliding of the moving member is permitted but upward sliding thereof i... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661712 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor including a spool for winding up a seat belt, a locking mechanism having a locking member that is prevented from rotating in a belt withdrawing direction in the event of an emergency, and a seat belt load limiting mechanism for limiting load ap... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654573 | Seat belt device for vehicle A seatbelt apparatus includes an electric motor 20 for winding a seatbelt 12, and a microcomputer 30 for controlling the electric motor 20. The microcomputer 30 controls the electric motor 20 so as to wind the seatbelt 12... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7637536 | Retractor having mechanisms for disabling a vehicle sensitive sensor and for preventing webbing withdrawal A seat belt retractor (40) associated with a seat (10) includes a spool (106) about which seat belt webbing (42) is wound. The spool (106) is supported for rotation in a belt withdrawal direction and in an opposite belt retraction ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7635150 | Automotive pretensioner seatbelt system The present invention provides an automotive pretensioner seatbelt system, which includes a seatbelt webbing, a slip ring, a buckle, a pretensioner and a retractor. One end of the webbing is fixed to the anchor site of the vehicle body, while the other end of the we... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7631900 | Pre-tensioner A pre-tensioner capable of effectively absorbing kinetic energy exerted on a coupling member connected to a piston during operation. As a gas generator is actuated to generate gas in the event of emergency, the gas is introduced into a pressure chamber. By gas press... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7618064 | Attachment construction for seat belt system provided with pretensioner mechanism The present invention provides an attachment construction for a seat belt system provided with a pretensioner mechanism, in which a lap anchor in a locking portion for fixing one end of a seat belt to a vehicle body has a gas generator and a tubular cylinder portion... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7584999 | Igniter for an automotive safety device An igniter for an automotive safety system, for example a seat belt tensioner or an air bag, has an explosive squib mounted in a housing with an explosive charge ignitable by the squib but directing its reaction force toward the squib. ... | 09/08/2009 |
