Seat belt retractor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11052868-B2
Application number	US-201716468014-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2017
Priority date	Dec 14, 2016
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

A seat belt retractor with a belt shaft rotatably supported in a frame for winding up a seat belt. A blocking device blocks the belt shaft in the winding off direction. A control disk ( 1 ) is spring-loaded in the direction of winding up and with a cogging ( 2 ). A sensor device ( 3 ) inertia mass ( 4 ) and a blocking lever ( 5 ) can be deflected by the inertia mass ( 4 ), which blocks the control disk ( 1 ) by deflecting the inertia mass ( 4 ) and an engagement of the blocking lever ( 5 ) into the cogging ( 2 ) of the control disk ( 1 ). A counter gear unit ( 6 ) driven by the rotary movement of the belt shaft, and a first switching device ( 7 ) is activated by the counter gear unit ( 6 ) and blocks the control disk ( 1 ) after a first belt webbing withdrawal (A) and frees it again after a second belt webbing intake (B). A second switching device ( 8 ) is activated by the counter gear unit ( 6 ) and fixes the blocking lever ( 5 ) after a belt webbing intake (C) in a non-engagement position into the cogging ( 2 ) of the control disk ( 1 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seat belt retractor, comprising
a belt shaft rotatably supported in a frame for winding up a seat belt, and
a blocking device for blocking the belt shaft in a winding off direction, and
a control disk rotatably supported on the belt shaft, spring-loaded in a of winding up direction and with a cogging, and
a sensor device with a deflectable inertia mass and a blocking lever which can be deflected by deflecting the inertia mass, which blocks the control disk upon an exceeding of a predetermined vehicle delay by deflecting the inertia mass and with an engagement of the blocking lever brought about as a result into the cogging of the control disk opposite the belt shaft in a direction of withdrawing the belt and as a consequence controls the blocking device, and
a counter gear unit driven by a rotary movement of the belt shaft, and
a first switching device which is activated by the counter gear unit and which blocks the control disk after a first predetermined belt webbing withdrawal length in the direction of the belt withdrawal and frees the control disc again after a second predetermined belt webbing intake length, and
a second switching device which is activated by the counter gear unit and which fixes the blocking lever after a predetermined belt webbing intake length in a non-engagement position into the cogging of the control disk,
the first switching device as well as the second switching device are activated during the belt webbing intake movement in the second predetermined belt webbing intake length.

2. A seat belt retractor according to claim 1 further comprising, the first switching device activates the second switching device or vice versa in the second predetermined belt webbing intake length.

3. A seat belt retractor according to claim 1 further comprising, the first switching device is formed by a first pivotable switching lever and the second switching device is formed by a second pivotable switching lever.

4. A seat belt retractor according to claim claim 3 wherein the second switching lever rests on the first switching lever.

5. A seat belt retractor according to claim 3 wherein the second switching lever comprises a curved contacting section for contacting the blocking lever which makes possible a fixing of the blocking lever in different angle of rotation positions of the sensor device.

6. A seat belt retractor according to claim 3 further comprising, a contour is provided on the wobble plate which limits the deflection of the second switching lever of the second switching device during the rotary movement of the belt shaft up to the second belt webbing intake length so far that the blocking lever cannot enter into the cogging of the control disk.

7. A seat belt retractor according to claim 6 further comprising,
the contour is formed by a cogging and that
the second switching lever has a cogged shape at least in a section, which shape compensates the wobbling movement of the wobble plate and is adapted to the contour of the cogging.

8. A seat belt retractor according to claim 1 further comprising wherein the counter gear unit comprises a first switching cam and a second switching cam wherein the first switching device is switched in the first belt webbing withdrawal length by the first switching cam and the second switching device is switched together with the first switching device in the second belt webbing intake length by the second switching cam.

9. A seat belt retractor according to claim 1 further comprising, that the counter gear unit is formed by a wobble plate which rolls off a cogging fixed to the frame.

Assignees

• Autoliv Dev

Inventors

• Brosowski Tjark
• Hueg Markus
• Deshpande Aniruddha

Classifications

• B60Y2400/30

  Sensors · CPC title

• B60R16/005

  Electro-mechanical devices, e.g. switched (electric switches in general H01H) · CPC title

• B60R22/415

  with additional means allowing a permanent locking of the retractor during the wearing of the belt · CPC title

• B60R22/40 Primary

  responsive only to vehicle movement · CPC title

• B60R22/41 Primary

  with additional means for preventing locking {during unwinding} under predetermined conditions · CPC title