Belt winding and tightening combination with a force limiter
US6105893A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 12, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R22/4676
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A safety belt reeling device has a belt reeling shaft lockable by a vehicle-sensitive and/or belt-sensitive locking device. A tightening device is provided and a tightening coupling connects the tightening device to the belt reeling shaft when the tightening device is actuated. The tightening device has a drive disc and a drive device for driving the drive disc. A force limiting device having a torsion bar is connected to the belt reeling shaft and to a stationary abutment. A pawl coupling is activated by a tightening movement of the tightening device and the pawl coupling has at least one force limiting pawl for switching on or off the force limiting device as a function of functional states of the safety belt reeling device. The pawl coupling also has a coupling ring performing a rotation by an angular distance relative to the belt reeling shaft in a rotational direction of the belt reeling shaft defined by the tightening movement, wherein the relative rotation of the coupling ring is realized by the mass inertia of the belt reeling shaft, effective at the start of the tightening movement, relative to the drive disc. A forced control controlling the force limiting pawl is provide…
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