IP Library Granted Patent US 8,641,098
Granted Patent B2
US 8,641,098 · App. 13/564,383 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Belt retractor frame

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Patent No.
US 8,641,098
App. No.
13/564,383
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A belt retractor frame, which is suitable for fixing in a vehicle. The belt retractor frame has: at least one hook for hooking the belt refractor frame into a vehicle panel and at least one bent tab, which produces a preload with the vehicle panel after the at least one hook has been hooked in.

Claims (66)

1. A belt retractor frame, which is suitable for fixing at a vehicle panel,

wherein the belt retractor frame has:

at least one hook for hooking the belt retractor frame into the vehicle panel,

wherein the at least one hook is adapted to be placed on a rectilinear panel edge section of a panel edge of the vehicle panel and engages a rear side of the vehicle panel, and

at least one bent tab, which produces a preload with the vehicle panel after the at least one hook has been hooked in,

wherein the at least one bent tab is formed by a plate section of a frame plate which is bent out of a frame plate plane of the belt retractor frame in the direction of the vehicle panel, namely in such a way that it exerts a pressure load on a surface section of a front side of the vehicle panel, and

wherein the surface section of the front side of the vehicle panel on which the bent tab exerts the preload is at a distance from the rectilinear panel edge of the vehicle panel.

2. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one hook has:

a bearing section, which rests on a panel edge of the vehicle panel after the hook has been hooked in, and

a rear engagement section, which adjoins the bearing section and engages behind the rear side of the vehicle panel once the belt retractor frame has been hooked in from the front side of the vehicle panel.

3. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the belt retractor frame is formed by an integral frame plate which is bent several times and has a plurality of frame plate sections, and

the at least one hook is formed by a plate section which is bent out of the frame plate plane of one of the frame plate sections.

4. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein,

the bearing section of the at least one hook belongs to a first plate subsection, which is at an angle of 90 degrees to the frame plate plane,

the rear engagement section of the at least one hook is formed by a second plate subsection, and

the direction of extension (P) of the second plate subsection is parallel to the frame plate plane.

5. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 4 ,

wherein the second plate subsection rests against the rear side of the vehicle panel by means of an inner plate edge after the belt retractor frame has been hooked in.

6. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one bent tab extends from a connecting region thereof, which connects it to the rest of the belt retractor frame, in a direction which is antiparallel to the direction of extension of the rear engagement section of the hook.

7. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one tab is formed by a plate section of a frame plate which is bent out of a frame plate plane of the frame plate.

8. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 7 ,

wherein the at least one tab and the at least one hook are bent out of the same frame plate plane of the same frame plate section.

9. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 3 ,

wherein at least two hooks and at least one tab are bent out in a frame plate section of the frame plate,

there is a further frame plate section, which is arranged perpendicularly to said frame plate section,

there is a hole with locking teeth in the further frame plate section, into which teeth a locking flange of the belt retractor can be inserted, and

the arrangement of the two hooks is chosen in such a way that a virtual connecting line between bearing sections of the two hooks runs parallel to the axis of rotation of the inserted locking flange.

10. An arrangement having the belt retractor frame and the vehicle panel as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein at least two hooks of the belt retractor frame are placed on a rectilinear panel edge section, without cutouts, of a panel edge of the vehicle panel.

11. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 1 , which is suitable for fixing in a vehicle,

wherein the belt retractor frame is formed by an integral frame plate which is bent several times and has a plurality of frame plate sections,

wherein the belt retractor frame has the at least one hook for hooking the belt retractor frame into a vehicle panel,

wherein the at least one hook is formed by a plate section which is bent out of the frame plate plane of one of the frame plate sections,

wherein a further frame plate section is arranged perpendicularly to one frame plate section,

wherein there is a hole with locking teeth in the further frame plate section, into which teeth a locking flange of the belt retractor can be inserted,

wherein the belt retractor frame has the at least one bent tab, which produces a preload with the vehicle panel after the at least one hook has been hooked in, and

wherein the bending edge of the at least one hook is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the inserted locking flange at the transition to the frame plate plane of one frame plate section.

12. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 3 ,

wherein the at least one tab and the at least one hook are bent out of the same frame plate plane of the same frame plate section, and

the bending edge of the tab is perpendicular to the bending edge of the at least one hook and runs parallel to the axis of rotation of an inserted locking flange.

13. The belt retractor frame as claimed in claim 3 ,

wherein the at least two hooks and the at least one tab are bent out in one frame plate section of the frame plate,

the arrangement of the two hooks is chosen in such a way that a virtual connecting line between the bearing sections of the two hooks runs parallel to the axis of rotation of the inserted locking flange, and

the bending edges of the two hooks are perpendicular to the virtual connecting line.

14. An arrangement having a belt retractor frame and a vehicle panel,

wherein the belt retractor frame has at least one hook for hooking the belt retractor frame into the vehicle panel and at least one bent tab, which produces a preload with the vehicle panel after the at least one hook has been hooked in,

wherein the at least one hook is adapted to be placed on a rectilinear panel edge section of a panel edge of the vehicle panel and engages a rear side of the vehicle panel,

wherein the at least one bent tab is formed by a plate section of a frame plate which is bent out of a frame plate plane of the belt retractor frame in the direction of the vehicle panel, namely in such a way that it exerts a pressure load on a surface section of a front side of the vehicle panel, and

wherein the surface section of the front side of the vehicle panel on which the bent tab exerts the preload is at a distance from the rectilinear panel edge of the vehicle panel.

15. The arrangement of claim 14

wherein the bent tab ends below the rectilinear panel edge section of the panel edge of the vehicle panel, and

wherein the surface section of the front side of the vehicle panel on which the bent tab exerts the preload is at a distance below the panel edge of the vehicle panel.

16. The arrangement of claim 14

wherein the belt retractor frame has at least two hooks for hooking the belt retractor frame into a vehicle panel,

wherein the at least two hooks of the belt retractor frame are placed on the rectilinear panel edge section of the panel edge of the vehicle panel, and

wherein the at least one bent tab extends from a connecting region thereof, which connects it to the rest of the belt retractor frame, in a direction which is antiparallel to the direction of extension of the rear engagement section of the hooks.

17. The arrangement of claim 16

wherein the bent tab ends below the rectilinear panel edge section of the panel edge of the vehicle panel, and

wherein the surface section of the front side of the vehicle panel on which the bent tab exerts the preload is at a distance below the panel edge of the vehicle panel.

18. The arrangement of claim 14 , wherein the rectilinear panel edge section where the at least one hook is placed is cutout-free.

19. The arrangement of claim 16 , wherein the rectilinear panel edge section where the at least two hooks are placed is cutout-free.

Assignments (6)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Jan 13, 2026
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS ACQUISITION LLC; JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.; KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.; JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 074331/0585 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057775/0611 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
Reel/Frame 057828/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2020
From: TAKATA AG
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 052551/0131 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2018
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 046288/0738 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2012
From: SCHRADE, WOLFGANG; DIVO, HANS-JUERGEN
To: TAKATA AG
Reel/Frame 028700/0929 →