Webbing take-up device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9428148-B2
Application number	US-201414172227-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2014
Priority date	Feb 8, 2013
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

In a webbing take-up device, a cylinder includes a housing portion that houses a piston and a guide portion that extends from one end portion in length direction of the housing portion. A pinion is rotatably supported at the guide portion. The piston is guided by the guide portion. A member that houses the piston and a member that rotatably supports the pinion do not accordingly need to be separately provided. An increase in number of components can therefore be suppressed. Positioning of the piston and the pinion can be respectively determined by the cylinder due to the piston and the pinion being provided to the cylinder. Good positioning precision between the piston and the pinion is thereby enabled compared to a case where separate members are used to house the piston and to rotatably support the pinion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A webbing take-up device, comprising:
a spool that takes up a webbing by rotating in a take-up direction; a pinion that is rotatable;
a piston that moves under actuation of a gas generator, and that meshes with the pinion when moving, whereby the spool is rotated in the take-up direction according to rotation of the pinion; and
a cylinder that houses the piston and rotatably supports the pinion and that is configured from a single member and that includes:
a tube shaped housing portion that houses the piston, and
a guide portion that guides movement of the piston, that extends from one end portion of the housing portion in a length direction of the housing portion toward a moving direction side of the piston, and that rotatably supports the pinion,
wherein:
the guide portion is formed in a groove shape that is open toward an outer side in a radial direction of the cylinder, and is configured to include a pair of side walls disposed facing each other and a bottom wall that connects the pair of side walls;
a support portion that rotatably supports the pinion is formed at the pair of side walls; and
a through-passage portion that permits movement of the pinion is formed inside the bottom wall.

2. The webbing take-up device of claim 1 , wherein the cylinder is configured by a pipe member.

3. The webbing take-up device of claim 2 , wherein an abutting portion is formed at the piston, and movement of the piston is stopped by the abutting portion abutting the pinion.

4. The webbing take-up device of claim 1 , wherein:
the side walls are fixed by a fixing member to a frame that supports the spool; and the fixing member is disposed such that the fixing member and the piston overlap when the piston has moved a maximum extent as viewed from the bottom wall side of the guide portion.

5. The webbing take-up device of claim 1 , wherein an abutting portion is formed at the piston, and movement of the piston is stopped by the abutting portion abutting the pinion.

6. The webbing take-up device of claim 1 , wherein the housing portion is formed in a circular cylinder shape, and the guide portion includes a pair of side walls that are parallel to the axis of rotation of the housing portion.

7. The webbing take-up device of claim 6 , wherein the cylinder is configured from a single linear member, and the movement of the piston is linear.

8. The webbing take-up device of claim 6 , wherein the guide portion is configured including the pair of side walls and a bottom wall formed in a semicircle as viewed along a length direction of the cylinder.

Assignees

• Kk Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho

Inventors

• Yanagawa Wataru
• Miura Kengo

Classifications

• B60R2022/468

  characterised by clutching means between actuator and belt reel · CPC title

• B60R22/4633 Primary

  Linear actuators, e.g. comprising a piston moving along reel axis and rotating along its own axis · CPC title