IP Library Granted Patent US 11,460,069
Granted Patent B2
US 11,460,069 · App. 16/093,562 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Belt retractor for a safety belt device

Inventors: Rüdiger Paulsen (Ulm, DE); Hermann Hasse (Lonsee, DE); Carsten Felber (Jettingen-Scheppach, DE); Felix Hoffmann (Ulm, DE)
Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
F16C17/10B60R22/46F16C2326/01
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Patent No.
US 11,460,069
App. No.
16/093,562
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a belt retractor ( 10 ) for a safety belt device, comprising a belt reel ( 20 ) for winding and unwinding the safety belt. According to the invention, it is provided that at least one reel end ( 21 ) of the belt reel ( 20 ) is mounted in a bearing which comprises at least two bearing sections ( 110, 120, 150 ) having different play.

Claims (34)

1. A belt retractor ( 10 ) for a safety belt device, comprising a belt reel ( 20 ) for winding and unwinding the safety belt, characterized in that

at least one reel end ( 21 ) of the belt reel ( 20 ) is mounted in a bearing which comprises at least two bearing sections ( 110 , 120 , 150 ) having different play; and

one of the two bearing sections ( 110 ) is a bearing section which is exclusively in contact with the belt reel ( 20 ) and the other bearing section of the bearing ( 100 ) and is spatially separated from all of the remaining components ( 12 ) of the belt retractor.

2. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the radial play of the two bearing sections ( 110 , 120 , 150 ) relative to the belt reel ( 20 ) is different than the radial play of the two bearing sections relative to the remaining components ( 12 ) of the belt retractor ( 10 ).

3. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the bearing properties of the two bearing sections ( 110 , 120 ) differ in their capacity for deflection in a direction transverse to the rotational axis of the belt reel ( 20 ).

4. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that

the bearing is an integral plastics bearing,

a component section forms a light-duty bearing section ( 110 ) which is in permanent contact with the section of the reel end ( 21 ) mounted therein, and permanently mounts the reel end ( 21 ), wherein the light-duty bearing section ( 110 ) is exclusively in contact with the belt reel ( 20 ) and a further component section and is spatially separated from all of the remaining components ( 12 ) of the belt retractor ( 10 ), and

a further component section forms a heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ) which has a larger internal diameter than the section of the reel end ( 21 ) located there and in normal operation is separated by an annular air gap ( 200 ) from the reel end ( 21 ).

5. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that the belt reel ( 20 ) is arranged such that in normal operation it is spaced apart from the heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ) both in the radial and in the axial direction.

6. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that one of the bearing sections is configured to move radially outwardly in a resilient manner and another one of the bearing sections is a fixed bearing section; and

the internal diameter of the bearing section which is configured to move radially outwardly in a resilient manner is smaller than that of the radially fixed bearing section.

7. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 6 , characterized in that

the bearing section which is configured to move radially outwardly in a resilient manner includes a light-duty bearing section ( 110 ), and the radially fixed bearing section includes a heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ), and wherein the two bearing sections are located directly one behind the other in the axial direction and are connected together and wherein

the two bearing sections ( 110 , 120 ) are coaxially arranged.

8. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 6 , characterized in that an intermediate section, hereinafter called the spring section ( 150 ), is arranged between the light-duty bearing section ( 110 ) and the heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ), which

has a larger internal diameter than the section of the reel end ( 21 ) located there and in normal operation is separated by an internal annular air gap ( 151 ) from the reel end ( 21 ),

is separated radially outwardly by an external annular air gap ( 152 ) from the remaining components ( 12 ) of the belt retractor ( 10 ) and is configured to move radially outwardly in a resilient manner and

is retained indirectly or directly by the radially fixed heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ) and retains the light-duty bearing section ( 110 ) in a resilient manner.

9. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 6 , characterized in that the bearing section which is configured to move radially outwardly in a resilient manner is a light-duty bearing section ( 110 ), and the radially fixed bearing section is a heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ).

10. A belt retractor ( 10 ) for a safety belt device, comprising a belt reel ( 20 ) for winding and unwinding the safety belt, characterized in that

at least one reel end ( 21 ) of the belt reel ( 20 ) is mounted in a bearing which comprises at least two bearing sections ( 110 , 120 , 150 ) having different play,

mone of the two bearing sections ( 120 ) is radially fixed and without radial deflection and the other a further of the two bearing sections ( 110 , 150 ) has play radially outwardly and is configured to move in a resilient manner and is indirectly or directly retained by the radially fixed bearing section.

11. A belt retractor ( 10 ) for a safety belt device, comprising a belt reel ( 20 ) for winding and unwinding the safety belt, characterized in that

at least one reel end ( 21 ) of the belt reel ( 20 ) is mounted in a bearing which comprises at least two bearing sections ( 110 , 120 , 150 ) having different play,

one of the bearing sections includes a light-duty bearing section and is in permanent contact with the section of the reel end ( 21 ) mounted therein and permanently mounts the reel end ( 21 ),

one of the bearing sections includes a heavy-duty bearing section and has a larger internal diameter (D) than the section of the reel end ( 21 ) located there, and in normal operation is separated by an annular air gap ( 200 ) from the reel end ( 21 ),

wherein if a belt strap pull-out force acting transversely to the rotational axis of the belt reel ( 20 ) exceeds a predetermined threshold, the reel end ( 21 ) is pulled counter to the spring force of the light-duty bearing section ( 110 ) against the heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ) and the mounting of the reel end ( 21 ) is additionally carried out by the heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ).

12. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 11 , characterized in that the light-duty bearing section ( 110 ) has play in both a radial direction and in an axial direction.

13. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 11 , characterized in that the heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ) is fixed without play both radially and axially and retains the light-duty bearing section ( 110 ).

14. The belt retractor ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 11 , characterized in that an intermediate section, hereinafter called the spring section ( 150 ), is arranged between the light-duty bearing section ( 110 ) and the heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ), which

has a larger internal diameter than the section of the reel end ( 21 ) located there and in normal operation is separated by an internal annular air gap ( 151 ) from the reel end ( 21 ),

is separated radially outwardly by an external annular air gap ( 152 ) from the remaining components ( 12 ) of the belt retractor ( 10 ) and is configured to move radially outwardly in a resilient manner and

is retained indirectly or directly by the radially fixed heavy-duty bearing section ( 120 ) and in turn retains the light-duty bearing section ( 110 ) in a resilient manner.

Assignments (3)
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 →
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 Oct 15, 2018
From: PAULSEN, RÜDIGER; HASSE, HERMANN; FELBER, CARSTEN; HOFFMANN, FELIX
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 047166/0148 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 206 448.7 · Apr 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210190137A1 · Jun 24, 2021