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Belt retractor for motor vehicles

US11007974B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Friedrich Littau · Rienharz, DE
Jurgen Rink · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
Thomas Kielwein · Mutlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 2017
Grant date	May 18, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2022/3402
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a belt retractor (10) for automotive vehicles, comprising a housing frame (12) including two opposed side walls (14, 16) each having a wall opening (18, 20), a belt reel (22) being rotatable about a reel axis (A) and extending in the axial direction from a sensor-side reel end (24) through the wall openings (18, 20) of the housing frame (12) to an opposite spring-side reel end (26), as well as a housing cover (28) being tightly connected to the housing frame (12), wherein the housing cover (28) forms a radially elastic pivot bearing (30) for the spring-side reel end (26) and wherein the spring-side reel end (26) of the belt reel (22) is fixed in the radial direction in a guiding-free manner and, resp., without any further guideway on the housing cover (28).

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