IP Library Granted Patent US 9,150,192
Granted Patent B2
US 9,150,192 · App. 13/160,203 · Granted Oct 6, 2015

Webbing take-up device

Inventors: Wataru Yanagawa (Aichi-ken, JP); Masaru Ukita (Aichi-ken, JP); Yoshiaki Maekubo (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
B60R22/3413B60R2022/287B60R2022/288
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Patent No.
US 9,150,192
App. No.
13/160,203
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coil spring is provided in a compressed state between a coupling wall section provided at a clutch guide and an inner-side locking section. The clutch guide is provided with a support section which supports one axial-direction end section of the coil spring from a side opposite to the clutch cover in an axial direction of the clutch guide. The clutch cover is provided with a leading-end protruding section which is projected with respect to the inner-side locking section so as to be inserted in the other axial-direction end section of the coil spring. The leading-end protruding section is inclined, with respect to a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the clutch cover, toward a support section side, so that the coil spring is curved so as to be convex to the support section side.

Claims (13)

1. A webbing take-up device comprising:

a spool that takes up a webbing belt;

a lock member that is arranged coaxially with the spool, and that is fixed to the spool so as to be rotatable integrally with the spool;

a clutch cover that is arranged coaxially with the lock member, and that is fixed to the lock member so as to be rotatable integrally with the lock member;

a clutch guide that is arranged in an axial direction of the lock member so as to face the clutch cover, and that is supported so as to be rotatable relatively to the lock member;

a coil spring provided in a compressed state between a first locking section provided at the clutch guide and a second locking section provided at the clutch cover, and that urges the clutch guide in a rotational direction with respect to the clutch cover, the spring-contacting portions of the first and second locking sections being offset from one another in the axial direction;

a support section that is formed at the clutch guide, and that supports one axial-direction end section of the coil spring from a side facing the clutch cover in an axial direction of the clutch guide; and

a shape-regulating projection that is projected along an axis with respect to the second locking section so as to be inserted into the other axial-direction end section of the coil spring, and that is inclined along its axis toward a support section wall with respect to a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the clutch cover, the coil spring being curved along a plane parallel to the axial direction so that a side of the coil spring is convex to and in direct engagement with the support section wall.

2. The webbing take-up device according to claim 1 , wherein a contact surface on the second locking section that contacts the coil spring faces a direction to which the shape-regulating section is projected.

3. The webbing take-up device according to claim 1 , wherein the clutch cover has a body section that faces the clutch guide in the axial direction of the clutch guide, and a bend piece that extends from the body section and that is bent so that the bend piece is along the axial direction of the clutch cover, the shape-regulating section is formed in a tongue-like shape of which a thickness direction is a radial direction of the clutch cover and which extends from the bend piece along a rotational direction of the clutch cover, and the second locking section is formed by regions that are a part of the bend piece and are located at both sides of the shape-regulating section in the axial direction of the clutch cover.

4. The webbing take-up device according to claim 3 , wherein said regions of the second locking section are located on a proximal end section side of the bend piece.

5. The webbing take-up device according to claim 1 , wherein the shape-regulating section is provided with a wide section, that is formed on a proximal end section side of the shape-regulating section to be wider than a leading end section of the shape-regulating section and that is fitted with the other axial-direction end section of the coil spring by being inserted into the other axial-direction end section of the coil spring.

6. The webbing take-up device according to claim 1 , wherein the first locking section includes a spring-retaining surface that engages without extending into an end of the coil spring.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2011
From: YANAGAWA, WATARU; UKITA, MASARU; MAEKUBO, YOSHIAKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
Reel/Frame 026443/0700 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2010-137552 · Jun 16, 2010 · national
JP 2011-125092 · Jun 3, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110309181A1 · Dec 22, 2011