Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Reeling device – With spring motor
Patent
1997-11-19
1999-08-10
Jillions, John M.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Reeling device
With spring motor
B60R 2244
Patent
active
059345950
ABSTRACT:
A seat belt retractor adapted to be secured about a seated occupant comprising: a spool (54) having a length of seat belt (36) wound thereon for securement of the occupant, a portion of the seat belt forming a shoulder belt portion, the spool rotationally supported upon a frame (52); a tension reducing mechanism for controlling the amount of spring force transmitted from a rewind spring to the spool and hence the force applied to the shoulder of the occupant via the shoulder belt portion of the seat belt, the mechanism comprising: a cylindrical first spool (80) having an ungrooved, smooth body (81) operatively connected to the spool to rotate with the spool; a second reel (100) positioned remote from the first reel (80) having a tapered peripheral surface having a continuous spiral groove of varying diameter thereon, a rewind spring (160) operatively connected to the second reel for providing a rewind force to rewind the seat belt upon the spool; a flexible link (88) joining the first and second reel and for transmitting the force of the spring to the first reel, the link (88) wound about the second reel within the spiral groove and wound about the first reel (80).
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Gray Mark F.
Kohlndorfer Kenneth H.
Seitzman Markell
Breed Automotive Technology Inc.
Jillions John M.
Seitzman Markell
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