Pretensioner integrated with a force transferring apparatus of a seat belt retractor
US6513747B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2022/468
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pretensioner comprises a pyrotechnic force generating device including a horizontal tube with a propellent charged cartridge, a housing receiving one end of the cylinder with the horizontal tube being supported to cooperate with the force generating device in order to reverse-rotate the reel; a force transmitting portion including an arm positioned in a first chamber of the housing, one end of which is directed to the piston in the cylinder and the other end of which is extended out of the cylinder, a pulley rotatably mounted on the other branched end of the arm and a cable fixed at one end to the housing, passed through the pulley, wound around the clutch disk and fixed at the other end to the clutch disk; and a pretensioner positioned in a second chamber, which comprises the clutch disk and a clutch portion, in which the clutch disk includes a circular groove formed around the periphery thereof to allow a length of the cable to be wound thereon, a plurality of second coupling projections each having a right-angled surface toward one direction and a slanted surface toward the other direction, at least three of coupling grooves cut out at one side in a right-angle and at the othe…
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