IP Library Granted Patent US 12,168,416
Granted Patent B2
US 12,168,416 · App. 17/633,068 · Granted Dec 17, 2024

Belt retractor

Inventors: Antto-Christian Glaesser (Hasloh, DE); Arndt Söhnchen (Hamburg, DE); Jens Ehlers (Horst, DE); Lennart Pettersson (Vargarda, SE); Bengt Dahlquist (Dalsjöfors, SE); Alexandru Cirstea (Elmshorn, DE); Levi Lennartsson (Vargarda, SE)
Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
B60R22/4633B60R2022/4638B60R2022/4642
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Patent No.
US 12,168,416
App. No.
17/633,068
Granted
Dec 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A belt retractor having a belt reel, a safety belt which can be wound thereon to form a wound belt, a pyrotechnic belt tensioner having a drive device which is guided in a tube and can be driven to perform a drive movement, and at least one first further assembly arranged coaxially to the rotational axis of the belt reel and in series with the belt reel, a safety belt which can be wound thereon to form a wound belt, and at least one first assembly, wherein the tube has a straight linear section which extends parallel to the rotational axis of the belt reel and the longitudinal axis of the assembly and is arranged on the side of the belt reel.

Claims (35)

1. A belt retractor, comprising:

a belt reel,

a safety belt that can be wound thereon to form a wound belt, and

a pyrotechnic belt tensioner comprising a drive device which is guided in a tube and can be driven to perform a drive movement, and

at least a first further subassembly which is arranged coaxially with the rotational axis of the belt reel and in series with the belt reel,

wherein

the tube has a straight linear section which extends in parallel to the rotational axis of the belt reel and the longitudinal axis of the first further subassembly, and is arranged on the side of the belt reel and the first further subassembly,

wherein the linear section is dimensioned in length in such a way that it extends over the length of the belt reel in the direction of the rotational axis of the belt reel and over the length of the first further subassembly in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and

wherein the tube has a free end extending and being bent from the straight linear section such that the free end of the tube is angled at 30 to 90 degrees from a longitudinal direction of the rotational axis of the belt reel, and

wherein a gas generator is held in the free end.

2. The belt retractor according to claim 1 , wherein

the belt retractor comprises at least one web which is arranged perpendicularly to the rotational axis of the belt reel and serves for mounting the belt retractor and/or for receiving additional components of the belt retractor.

3. The belt retractor according to claim 2 , wherein

the belt retractor comprises a frame formed by a profile rail, on which frame the webs are fixed, and

the tube is fixed between the webs and the frame.

4. The belt retractor according to claim 2 , wherein

at least one web is formed by two or more housing shells.

5. The belt retractor according to claim 4 , wherein

the pyrotechnic belt tensioner comprises a drive wheel which can be driven by the drive device to perform a rotational movement, and

the drive wheel is arranged in a receptacle formed between the two housing shells.

6. The belt retractor according to claim 4 , wherein

the two housing shells each comprise partial receptacles which make up the receptacle in which the drive device is guided at least in sections and/or in which the tube is held in sections.

7. The belt retractor according to claim 6 , wherein

the tube includes a curved section transitioning into the receptacle, and

the receptacle is formed tangentially to the curvature of the curved section in a transition section.

8. The belt retractor according to claim 1 , wherein

the drive device is formed by a plurality of loosely abutting mass bodies, and

a collecting vessel is provided in which the mass bodies are received after activation of an irreversible belt tensioner.

9. The belt retractor according to claim 1 , wherein

a collecting vessel is arranged on at least one web.

10. The belt retractor according to claim 1 , wherein

the tube has the free end which is bent perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the rotational axis of the belt reel.

11. The belt retractor according to claim 1 , wherein

the belt retractor comprises two angled fastening lugs which project radially with respect to the rotational axis of the belt reel, and

the free end of the tube extends radially outward between the fastening lugs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: GLAESSER, ANTTO-CHRISTIAN; SOHNCHEN, ARNDT; EHLERS, JENS; PETTERSSON, LENNART; DAHLQUIST, BENGT; CIRSTEA, ALEXANDRU; LENNARTSSON, LEVI
To: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
Reel/Frame 058896/0081 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 211 852.6 · Aug 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220266792A1 · Aug 25, 2022
Cited By (1)
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