Abstract:
A retracting reel assembly including a cylinder with circular ratchet members secured to each end thereof for winding and unwinding a seat belt about the cylinder and a locking pawl movable into locking engagement with the ratchet members to prevent unwinding of the seat belt. The locking pawl is held out of locking engagement with the ratchet members by mechanical engagement with a catch in a leaf spring and the position of the leaf spring is controlled by a bimetallic strip. An electrical circuit is included to control the bimetallic strip so that the locking pawl is held out of locking engagement with the ratchet members for a predetermined time after the seat belt is moved in the unwinding direction whereby the seat belt may be extended and jockeyed back and forth by further extension and retraction until in the proper position before the locking pawl engages the ratchet members to prevent further unwinding of the seat belt.
Abstract:
THE HOLDER OF A SAFETY BELT IS CONNECTED TO A CABLE WHICH IS WRAPPED AROUND A SPRING-LOADED DRUM WHICH IS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON A CARRIER ATTACHED TO A VEHICLE SUCH THAT THE HOLDER CAN BE MOVED TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM THE CARRIER BY WINDING AND UNWINDING OF THE CABLE ON THE DRUM. A TOOTHED MEMBER ROTATES WITH THE DRUM AND IS ENGAGEABLE BY A SPRING LOADED PAWL TO LOCK THE DRUM WHEN THE PAWL IS ACTED BY AN ENERGIZED ELECTROMAGNET, THE LATTER BEING ENERGIZED BY CLOSING OF A SWITCH OF AN ENERGIZING CIRCUIT BY A SWINGING PENDULUM WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION EXCEEDS A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE.
Abstract:
A seat belt retractor includes a housing including a pair of side walls facing each other, a winding drum configured to wind up a webbing, a locking base prevented from being rotated in the pull-out direction, in an emergency of a vehicle, an impact energy absorbing member including a first end side coupled to the winding drum and a second end side coupled to the locking base, the impact energy absorbing member connecting the winding drum and the locking base so as to be integrally rotatable, in a normal state, at least one impact energy absorbing wire housed in at least one slot that is provided in the winding drum, and a stopper member configured to define an allowable amount of relative rotation between the winding drum and the locking base in a case where the impact energy absorbing member absorbs the impact energy.
Abstract:
A seat belt retractor includes a housing including a first side wall and a second side wall facing each other, a winding drum configured to wind up a webbing, a locking base, a torsion bar including one end side, which is opposite to the locking base, coupled to the winding drum without being rotatable relative to the winding drum, and the other end side coupled to the locking base without being rotatable relative to the locking base, a pretensioner including: a pretensioner casing attached to the first side wall; and a drive wheel attached to the locking base, a lock member located in the locking base, and a stopper member being screwed onto a male screw of the locking base.
Abstract:
A seatbelt retractor includes a housing and a spool rotatably supported by the housing. A torsion bar has a first end and a second end. The first end of the torsion bar is fixed to the spool, and the second end of the torsion bar is fixable relative to the housing. The seatbelt retractor includes a magnet and a rotor disposed adjacent the magnet. One of the magnet and the rotor being fixed relative to the spool and the other of the magnet and the rotor being rotatable relative to the spool. The rotor includes a conductive material.
Abstract:
Described herein is a device comprising members in a kinematic relationship. The kinematic relationship is at least partially governed by at least one magnetically induced force that introduces a force threshold that, in effect, provides a threshold to part movement and confers a degree of hysteresis, preventing movement until a sufficiently large energizing force is applied. The effect may be further altered by use of an additional magnetically induced force interaction with at least one further member to urge or slow movement once started and/or to prevent movement once a new position is reached.
Abstract:
A restraint system includes a plurality of sensors deployable in a vehicle, a restraint device, and a computing device. The restraint device includes a tether, a collar, an actuator coupled to a stopper, and an identification tag. The computing device is programmed to engage the stopper to prevent the tether from extending beyond a predetermined length upon at least one of the sensors indicating the identification tag.