| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4854522 |
Safety apparatus |
August 8, 1989 |
| A vehicle safety apparatus includes a safety belt retractor having a reel which is urged to rotate in a belt retraction direction. A comfort assembly is operable between an engaged condition blocking rotation of the reel in the belt retraction direction and a disengaged condition. The |
| 4840324 |
Seat belt retractor having a comfort mechanism with full memory and slack set |
June 20, 1989 |
| An apparatus comprising a spindle on which belt webbing is wound. The spindle is supported for rotation in belt retraction and belt withdrawal directions. The spindle is biased to rotate in the belt retraction direction. The apparatus also includes a manually movable member. The spin |
| 4830310 |
Seat belt retractor with comfort mechanism |
May 16, 1989 |
| A seat belt retractor for a vehicle includes a spindle on which belt webbing is wound. The spindle is supported for rotation in belt retraction and belt withdrawal directions. Rotation of the spindle causes rotation of a first ratchet wheel from which a plurality of teeth extend. A lever |
| 4765558 |
Seat belt retractor |
August 23, 1988 |
| A seat belt retractor of the vehicle sensitive type and which is selectively convertible to function as an automatic locking type seat belt retractor in which the protraction of the webbing to a particular extent achieves the conversion and the vehicle sensitive mode is restored upon a |
| 4691875 |
Planetary inertial seat belt retractor |
September 8, 1987 |
| A seat belt retractor has a ring gear connected for rotation with a seat belt reel. A planet gear and sun gear are freely rotatable about their axes. The planet gear is connected to a locking pawl, and a spring normally maintains the pawl in a release position. When the seat belt reel |
| 4650214 |
Belt turning ring and clamping device |
March 17, 1987 |
| A device for guiding and selectively clamping an occupant restraint belt used in a vehicle. The device has a frame with an opening through which the belt extends. The frame has two clamping surfaces that are spaced apart in the direction of belt extension. A clamp member moves between th |
| 4447018 |
Toggle type web lock |
May 8, 1984 |
| A toggle type web lock using articulated bars in a channel frame to close on webbing with a force dependent upon tension in the webbing. The web lock is variably located in safety belt harness systems and is of greatest utility in prevention of webbing elongation in long runs of safety b |
| 4386744 |
Comfort mechanism for safety belt retractors |
June 7, 1983 |
| An improved comfort mechanism which is located on the frame of a seat belt retractor and which vastly simplifies comfort mechanism construction. The mechanism is loaded into a closable disc-like shallow case. A ratchet is keyed to the shaft of the retractor and a combination clutch plate |
| 4322096 |
Passive restraint system |
March 30, 1982 |
| A passive restraint harness system is provided for deployment of a safety belt. The safety belt is a piece of webbing forming a lap belt portion and a cross chest portion. An upper anchor connects one end of the webbing to the upper rear edge of a vehicle door and a lower anchor connects |
| 4307853 |
Rewind prevention for dual spool retractors |
December 29, 1981 |
| A dual spool retractor structure wherein one of the spools is prevented from retraction until a predetermined amount of retraction occurs in the other of the spools. |
| 4164336 |
Dual spool positive drive retractor |
August 14, 1979 |
| A dual spool side by side retractor structure on a common frame wherein both spools are acted upon by a common lock pawl element, the lock pawl element engaging the ratchet teeth of one of the two spools and then being positively and guidably driven by the first spool to powered engageme |
| 3945586 |
Interposer retractor construction |
March 23, 1976 |
| A locker retractor for seat belt harness and the like which includes an interposer element articulated by movement of the drum or reel to selectively block or release a spring biased pawl bar and holding the pawl bar away from locking a ratchet on one or both of the reel flanges or s |
