| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 242384000 | Frame movement responsive (e.g., vehicle sensitive) | 33 |
| 20080210803 | Belt retractor for a safety belt system - A belt retractor for a safety belt system has a frame ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100193622 | SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - A seatbelt retractor includes an acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor includes a sensor case having a supporting surface which is maintained horizontal. A self-standing inertia body whose bottom surface is placed on the supporting surface is installed inside the sensor case in a self-standing condition, and which tilts when a horizontal acceleration is exerted. An actuating member which, in accordance with a tilting movement of the self-standing inertia body, activates a lock mechanism to lock the extraction of the seat belt. An outer contour of a contact area where the supporting surface of the sensor case and the bottom surface of the self-standing inertia body are in surface contact is configured such that a distance from a center axis of the self-standing inertia body to the outer contour differ, in a horizontal plane, in a first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100301153 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR - This is the current invention of the components or their construction for the seat belt retractor. The invention enables the fitting angle of the seat belt to be adjustable to the specified range of the vehicle stabilization, deceleration/acceleration sensor. The bracket holder is constructed on the holder sensor, and contains the formation of the No. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110133012 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - In a V-sensor of a webbing take-up device, concave portions are formed in supporting walls of a supporting member having a spring property, and peak ends of a rotating shaft of a sensor pawl gets into the concave portions, and the rotating shaft is thereby supported by the supporting walls. Cone-shaped concave portions come into contact by pressure with the cone-shaped peak ends of the rotating shaft due to the elasticity of the supporting walls, and therefore, when the rotating shaft attempts to be displaced in the axis direction thereof and in a direction orthogonal to the axis direction of the rotating shaft, the elasticity of the supporting walls withstand displacement of the rotating shaft. As a result, occurrence of a rattle of the rotating shaft, that is, the sensor pawl can be prevented or restrained. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120126046 | SELF-LOCKING SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - A self-locking seat-belt retractor for a vehicle has a U-shaped seat belt retractor frame ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120256032 | Self-Locking Belt Retractor - A self-locking belt retractor having a vehicle-sensitive controlled blocking system in which a mass (14) moves a locking lever (17) engaged in the toothing (29) of a controlled disk. The sensor mass (14) fitted in a holder part (10) on a support surface (23) that can be tilted in case of vehicle accelerations, the locking lever (17) on the end (19) facing away from the engaging tip (18) being connected to the sensor mass (14) in a form-fitting manner and forming a support (21). A form fit occurring in an extension (15) of the sensor mass (14) which protrudes through a hole (33) in the contact surface (23) of the holder part (10). A projection (31) projecting into a hole (33) is provided at the border of the hole (33) facing the locking lever (17) that is contacted by the locking lever (17) in case of a deflection. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130126658 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - An acceleration sensor of a webbing take-up device is provided with a sensor housing in which a spherical body is placed. A rotating shaft is formed at a longitudinal wall of a support wall of the sensor housing, and rotatably supported at a shaft receiving hole formed in a hanger support wall. A position of formation of the rotating shaft is set to be upward relative to a center of gravity of the sensor housing whose state where a sensor lever is installed at the support wall and the spherical body is placed on a curved-surface of a placing portion. Consequently, even without a heavy body being attached at the lower side of the spherical body or the lower side of the sensor housing, the sensor housing rotates responsively when the take-up device main body is tilted. Therefore, the acceleration sensor can be reduced in size. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130146699 | Restraint System - In a preferred embodiment, a restraint system is described for restraining a standing occupant in a vehicle such as a plane or helicopter. The restraint system includes a webbing strap that winds and unwinds from a spool assembly. The spool assembly includes a trigger assembly that locks a spool from rotation, a manual release assembly for manually releasing the trigger assembly and lock, and an adjustable payout assembly that determines the maximum length that the webbing strap can be pulled out before stopping (i.e., the number of rotations of the spool). The trigger assembly can trigger the lock assembly from one or more sensors. Further, the trigger assembly can be arranged to automatically unlock after a triggering event, manually unlocked after a triggering event or a combination of the two for different sensors. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130161437 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - In a reclining sensor of a webbing take-up device, when a case turns together with a seat back that tilts towards the seat rear, rotation of a pulley is restricted by a pressing tab of an operation plate. Accordingly, when relative rotation of the pulley occurs with respect to the case, a wire is pulled out from another end of a tube, turning a sensor housing of an acceleration sensor. The wire pulled out from the other end of the tube is wound up onto a winding portion that is an outer peripheral portion of the pulley that rotates. Since the pulley that pulls the wire merely rotates about its center of rotation, the inside of the case is sufficient as long as rotation range of the pulley is secured, enabling a reduction in size of the case. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130256443 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR - A seat belt retractor comprising a rotating member, a moveable actuator configured to selectively interact with the rotating member in order to prohibit rotation of the rotating member in a seat belt withdrawing direction, an inertia sensing element, a guide member having a guide surface configured to guide the movement of the sensing element, and an electromagnetic element coupled to the guide member on an opposing side of the guide surface. The seat belt is configured to wind and unwind around the rotating member. When subject to a force due to acceleration, the sensing element is configured to move along the guide surface, where the electromagnetic element is configured to impart an electromagnetic force on the sensing element to retard the movement of the sensing element when the force due to acceleration is below a threshold. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140158806 | METHOD FOR RETRACTING A SEAT BELT - A method for retracting a seat belt of a vehicle includes determining an excessive length of seat belt pulled out as the difference between the current length and the minimum length of seat belt pulled out, when the seat belt is in use. The method further includes, if a collision or and/or a risk situation involving the vehicle is detected, retracting the seat belt by applying a retraction force, the retraction force being a function of the excessive length of seat belt pulled out. Further, a safety arrangement of a vehicle includes a seat belt, a first sensor for determining an excessive length of seat belt pulled out, a collision detection system, a retractor for retracting the seat belt by applying the retraction force, and a processor for determining the retraction force as a function of the excessive length of seat belt pulled out. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140263800 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A REVERSIBLE BELT TENSIONER OF A SAFETY BELT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling a reversible belt tensioner of a safety belt in a motor vehicle includes detecting a time profile of at least one state variable and/or at least one variable relating to the surroundings of the motor vehicle, identifying a predetermined driving maneuver and/or a value characterizing the attentiveness of a driver from the time profile of the at least one detected state variable and/or variable relating to the surroundings, and controlling the reversible belt tensioner based on the identified driving maneuver or on the basis of the value characterizing the attentiveness of the driver. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140291432 | BELT TENSIONER FOR A SAFETY BELT SYSTEM - The invention relates to a belt tensioner ( | 10-02-2014 |
| 242384100 | With lock prevention or sensitivity reduction | 2 |
| 20090230227 | Seat belt retractor and seat belt apparatus employing the same - A seat belt retractor of the present invention is provided with a stopper ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20130214081 | SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AND SEAT BELT SYSTEM INCLUDING SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - To prevent the tilt of a locking member with respect to a spool even when the spool is tensioned by a seat belt in case of emergency. | 08-22-2013 |
| 242384200 | With pivot pawl | 8 |
| 20090272833 | Sensor unit for activating a blocking mechanism for a belt retractor of a motor vehicle - A sensor unit for activating a blocking mechanism for a belt retractor of an occupant protection system for motor vehicles is provided. The sensor unit comprising a sensor element, a receptacle for displaceably mounting the sensor element so that it is deflected by the impact of forces acting transversally to weight, and a coupling mechanism coupling the sensor element with a blocking mechanism of a belt retractor in such a manner that the blocking mechanism is triggered by a deflection of the sensor element. The sensor element has a mean roughness depth of at least 0.1 μm at least in such areas of its surface by which the sensor element rests against a bearing surface of the receptacle. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20120104138 | ENGAGEMENT DEVICE OF A SAFETY BELT - An engagement device of a safety belt is mounted on one side of a safety belt retractor of the safety belt, and has a body, and an actuating assembly and a stopping assembly mounted inside the body. The body has a seat formed therein and at least one stopper formed around a perimeter of the seat, so that a steel ball of the stopping assembly is held in the seat. Besides regularly locking the safety belt retractor during an emergency braking or a collision, the safety belt does not lock the safety belt retractor when the vehicle drives on a moderately slanted road as the steel ball is blocked by the at least one stopper without further pushing a rocking arm of the stopping assembly to engage and lock a ratchet wheel of the actuating assembly. Accordingly, the driving safety and comfort can be both taken into account. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20130008994 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - In an acceleration sensor, a guide portion is formed on a swing push-us member contiguous to a pushing portion and further to a pull-out direction side than the pushing portion. A top-edge portion of the guide portion is sloped to gradually get lower on progression away from the pushing portion in the pull-out direction. When a coupling claw moves in the take-up direction together with the sensor gear, the guide portion contacts the coupling claw from below the leading end of the coupling claw. The guide portion swings the coupling claw upwards as the sensor gear is rotating in the take-up direction, and guides the coupling claw to be on the pushing portion. The swing push-us member can be prevented from unintentionally obstructing the coupling claw when the sensor gear is returning to the initial position, even without provision of structure to restrict the swing push-us member from rising. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20140042257 | Seat Belt Retractor Having an Inertia Sensor With a Pivotal Sensor Housing - A seat belt retractor ( | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140091167 | BELT RETRACTOR WITH CONTROL TOOTHING - A belt retractor (10) for a vehicle seat belt, includes a frame (12) provided with a plurality of blocking teeth (22), a belt reel (14) being rotatably supported in the frame (12) and a blocking tooth system (24) adapted to be engaged with the blocking teeth (22). A control lever (28) pivoted on the frame (12) and accommodates the belt reel (14). A sensor (34) actuates when a predetermined vehicle deceleration is exceeded. A control tooth system (26) with which the sensor (34) is adapted to interact is provided at the belt reel (14). | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140117137 | Cargo Restraint - A cargo restraint in the form of a belt retractor with a spool includes a manually engageable lock cam actuator mechanism including a lock cam actuator handle and a cam movable by the lock cam actuator handle between a first position blocking belt withdrawal and a second position allowing belt withdrawal. A return spring always biases the spool for rotation in the belt retraction direction when the lock cam actuator mechanism is in either the first position or the second position. A ratchet mechanism is manually actuatable to selectively rotate the spool in the belt retraction direction to remove elasticity or slack in the belt webbing. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140117138 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR - An engagement-side flange portion, one of a pair of flange portions on the respective axial ends of a webbing-take-up portion of a take-up drum, is positioned to face engagement teeth and includes a projecting portion formed to project radially outward from its peripheral edge that faces a pawl when the pawl moves to reach engagement position with the engagement teeth. Outer peripheral diameter of engagement-side flange portion is smaller than inner peripheral diameter defined with tip ends of engagement teeth. Maximum outer peripheral dimension formed by the projecting portion and engagement-side flange portion is larger than inner peripheral diameter defined with tip ends of engagement teeth. In a state where the take-up drum is attached to a housing, the projecting portion projects radially outward over inner peripheral diameter defined with tip ends of engagement teeth that is located at axially outward side of the projecting portion. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140239110 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - In a webbing take-up device, a cut-out portion is formed in a close-off portion that closes off a pawl housing groove from a side opposite a spool body side. For this reason, the close-off portion is not formed in a position facing ratchet teeth which is at from a second ratchet tooth from a take-up direction side to the other side. Due to this, even if a head portion of a lock pawl, particularly a take-up direction side portion of the head portion, is displaced in such a way as to move away from the spool body, the head portion does not come into contact with the close-off portion or, even if the head portion comes into contact with the close-off portion, a force with which the head portion presses the close-off portion becomes smaller. | 08-28-2014 |
| 242384400 | Multiply positionable operator | 1 |
| 20090014574 | Vehicle Mountable Personal Property Securement Device - A vehicle mountable personal property securement device includes a plurality of walls that device a housing with an aperture. A real is operably disposed in the housing for spring-biased rotation. A cable is threaded through the aperture of the housing and includes a first end that is secured to the reel. The second end of the cable is disposed external the housing and is terminated by a head of dimension greater than a diameter of the aperture. A ratchet is disposed in operable configuration in cooperation with the reel to enable ratcheted rotation of the reel in a first direction during cable extraction and further operable at periodic intervals of rotation to enable reversal of wheel rotation. | 01-15-2009 |
| 242384500 | Pendulum operator | 4 |
| 20080203208 | Seatbelt retractor having an inertial sensor weight with a guide surface - A seatbelt retractor assembly ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080203209 | Seatbelt retractor having an inertial sensor weight with a guide surface - A seatbelt retractor assembly ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20140158807 | Low Noise, Debris Tolerant Retractor Inertial Sensor - A seatbelt retractor inertial locking system for motor vehicle belt restraint systems. The inertial locking system incorporates features to reduce the influence of contaminants from causing unwanted locking of the associated retractor. The feature is in part provided by the positioning of a point contact between a ball mass and a locking lever. The inertia actuator forms the inertial ball mass nest surface which has a vented construction which permits the escape of contaminants and further contributes to reducing noise generated by contact between the ball mass and the nest surface. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20150034753 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR - A pilot lever includes: a sleeve portion configured to be rotatably fitted on a mounting boss erected on a clutch rotatably arranged coaxially with a take-up drum; and an engagement claw portion projecting outward from an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve portion so as to face a locking gear attached integrally and coaxially with the take-up drum, and configured to engage with the locking gear. In case of an emergency, the engagement claw portion engages with one locking gear tooth formed on an outer circumference portion of the locking gear. The engagement claw portion is then elastically deformable toward the sleeve portion when pushed by the one locking gear tooth under the engaged state. If the engagement claw portion and the one locking gear tooth are disengaged, the elastic deformation of the engagement claw portion is released. | 02-05-2015 |
| 242384600 | Ball operator | 5 |
| 20080217458 | Hybrid vehicle sensitive seat belt retractor inertial locking system - A vehicle sensitive retractor locking system which may have reduced sensitivity to Z-axis accelerations experienced during driving conditions. The locking system incorporates a ball mass which is maintained within a nest surface of a ball cage. A locking lever is provided having a pair of arms, including an upper and lower arm. The lower arm forms a support post which directly engages with the ball mass in the normal condition of the locking system. The upper arm forms an actuation rim which encircles the upper portion of the ball mass. When the ball mass is displaced within the nest surface in response to inertial forces, two locking modes are provided. First, by relieving pressure exerted by the ball against the post support as the ball is displaced, the locking lever is free to rotate into a locking condition. A secondary locking mode is provided through direct contact between the ball mass and the actuation rim of the locking lever upper arm. The control system also optionally incorporates a vertical ball restrictor which directly contacts the ball mass and restricts its upper Z-axis motion. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20100140386 | Locking mechanism for a seat belt - A locking mechanism for a seat belt has a case, a locking set and a pretensioner. The case is mounted adjacent to a side of a retractor having a shaft and the case is mounted around the shaft and has a mount inside the case and at least one opening being formed on the bottom. The mount has at least one hole formed therethrough. The locking set is mounted on the shaft. The pretensioner has a steel ball and a rod. The steel ball is detachably disposed on the mount and the rod is pivotally mounted in the case and is disposed on the steel ball. If muddy water, sand or dirt enters the locking mechanism, muddy water, sand or dirt can fall through the at least one hole of the mount and the at least one opening thus avoiding muddy water, sand or dirt affecting the locking mechanism. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110240787 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A SEAT BELT - A locking mechanism for a seat belt has a case, a locking set and a sensor. The case is mounted adjacent to a side of a retractor having a shaft and the case is mounted around the shaft and has a flat support inside the case and at least one opening being formed on the bottom. The flat support has at least one hole formed therethrough. The locking set is mounted on the shaft. The sensor has a steel ball and a rod. The steel ball is detachably disposed on the flat support and the rod is pivotally mounted in the case and is disposed on the steel ball. If muddy water, sand or dirt enters the locking mechanism, muddy water, sand or dirt can fall through the at least one hole of the flat support and the at least one opening thus avoiding muddy water, sand or dirt affecting the locking mechanism. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20140001299 | SEATBELT RETRACTORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140021282 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - A shaft portion formed at a vertical wall of a sensor housing is formed in a circular column shape, and an abut portion is formed facing a support wall, below the shaft portion. A width dimension of the abut portion is the same as the diameter dimension of the shaft portion as seen in plan view, and the abut portion is formed so as to overlap entirely with the shaft portion as seen from the opposite side of the shaft portion to the abut portion. Foreign objects such as dirt or dust that fall onto the circular column shaped shaft portion therefore readily slide over the shaft portion and fall down from the shaft portion, and foreign objects such as dirt or dust do not stay on the abut portion. | 01-23-2014 |
