Inertial element for winding the safety belt of a motor vehicle

US4518131A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Autoflug GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Butenop · Herzhorn, DE
• Klaus-Peter Singer · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 1982
• Grant date: May 21, 1985
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2002

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R22/38
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An inertial mass having the shape of a metallic ring is held by projections provided on an inertial element. The element is composed of two associated parts, one of which produces the desired inertia. The parts are connected by a snap fit. In one embodiment, the ring includes a curved metallic wire having a gap into which a flange or projection of the inertial element projects.