Patent · US Expired

Belt roller with damped force limiter

US6105894A · kind A · utility

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3References

14Claims

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Assignee

Autoliv Development AB · SE

Inventors

Klaus-Peter Singer · Hamburg, DE
Enno Witfeld · Hamburg, DE
Günter Clute · Bloomfield Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 1998
Grant date	Aug 22, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2022/289
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A self-locking belt roller has a housing and a belt winding shaft rotatably mounted in housing. A torsion rod has a first end connected in the belt winding shaft. A profile head is connected to a second end of the torsion rod. A blocking member, that is vehicle-sensitive and/or belt-sensitive, is mounted on the profile head and moveable into a locking position at the housing in which rotation of the belt winding shaft is blocked. An energy-dissipating structure is positioned within a force transmission path, including the profile head, the torsion rod, and the belt winding shaft, for increasing a restraining force before the torsion rod becomes effective and for obtaining a degressive force characteristic curve.

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