Abstract: A seatbelt retractor reduces the temporary weight during seatbelt withdrawal to increase an occupant's comfort. When a seatbelt is not being worn by an occupant (off), projections of an internal gear are placed in a circumferential center between adjacent projections by the spring force of springs. When a spool rotates in the belt withdrawing direction, the internal gear also rotates in the belt withdrawing direction. This arrangement disables a reduction mechanism's power transmission to cut off the direct connection between the spool and electric motor connected to a sun gear to reduce the temporary weight during withdrawal of the seatbelt. When the internal gear rotates at a predetermined angle, the projections come into contact with the projections to thereby stop the rotation of the internal gear. This enables the power transmission of the reduction mechanism, whereby the spool and electric motor are brought into direct connection via the reduction mechanism.

Abstract: A seatbelt retractor according to the present invention is configured in such a manner that a cylindrical rotor (24) of an electric motor in a spool is formed into two members in the axial direction, that is, a two-piece member including a first rotating member (24a1) and a first rotating shaft member (24b1), and a second rotating member (24a2) and a second rotating shaft member (24b2), and these two members are coupled. A torsional portion (42a) of a torsion bar (42) is penetrated through an inner hole (24b11) of a rotating shaft member (24b) including first and second rotating shaft members (24b1), (24b2) in the axial direction. Accordingly, even though the maximum outer diameters of first and second head portions (42b), (42c) of the torsion bar (42) are set to be larger than the inner diameter of the inner hole (24b11), the torsion bar (42) can be integrated into the rotor (24) easily.

Abstract: A seat belt apparatus for a vehicle that allows a vehicle passenger to smoothly get in or out of the vehicle. The seat belt apparatus may be mounted in a vehicle, so that with a turning operation of a turning member, a seat belt front-end of an overall seat belt, that is fixed to the turning member of an out-anchor apparatus, is set at a first setting position close to a vehicle passenger upon wearing the seat belt and at a second setting position remote from the vehicle passenger upon retracting the seat belt.

Abstract: A retractor of a seatbelt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that a motor is accommodated in a hollow cylinder portion of a spool and such that the correlation among the volume V1 of the motor housing of the motor, the volume of the cylinder portion of the spool, and the storage volume within the seatbelt retractor housing is set to achieve the equation V3<V1+V2.

Abstract: A retractor of a seatbelt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that a Hall sensor and a magnetic disc as a mechanism configured to detect the position of a rotor in a motor are also used as mechanisms for detecting the amount of winding or unwinding a seatbelt.

Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes a spool formed into a hollow cylindrical shape and capable of winding a seatbelt onto a spool outer periphery or unwinding the seatbelt from the spool outer periphery. The retractor includes a motor accommodated in a cylindrical space of the spool and a motor speed-reduction mechanism configured to reduce the rotational speed of the motor via a plurality of gears. A controller is provided to control the operation of the motor.

Abstract: A seatbelt retractor is configured such that the thickness of the base end of a seatbelt in engagement with a spool is minimized so as to reduce the outside diameter of the spool so that the size can be reduced effectively and high workability can be provided. A spool includes a spool body and a cylindrical member placed in the spool body. The spool body has an arc-shaped body. With the cylindrical member placed in the spool body, the interval between the inner circumferential surface of the body and the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical member is set substantially the same as the thickness of the seatbelt. The base end of the seatbelt sandwiched between the body and the cylindrical member in such a manner that an end of the seatbelt is folded back is in engagement with the rim of the body.

Abstract: A seatbelt retractor reduces the temporary weight during seatbelt withdrawal to increase an occupant's comfort. When a seatbelt is not being worn by an occupant (off), projections of an internal gear are placed in a circumferential center between adjacent projections by the spring force of springs. When a spool rotates in the belt withdrawing direction, the internal gear also rotates in the belt withdrawing direction. This arrangement disables a reduction mechanism's power transmission to cut off the direct connection between the spool and electric motor connected to a sun gear to reduce the temporary weight during withdrawal of the seatbelt. When the internal gear rotates at a predetermined angle, the projections come into contact with the projections to thereby stop the rotation of the internal gear. This enables the power transmission of the reduction mechanism, whereby the spool and electric motor are brought into direct connection via the reduction mechanism.

Abstract: The disclosed seat belt retractor can be used to suppress noise and vibration to a vehicle occupant. The seat belt retractor may comprise a spool for retracting and withdrawing a seat belt and a base frame for rotatably supporting the spool. The base frame may comprise a first supporting member, a second supporting and a spacing member for coupling the first and second supporting member at a predetermined distance.

Abstract: The disclosed seat belt retractor and seat belt apparatus may effectively suppress vibration and noise occurring in a seat belt retractor so as not to be transmitted to a motor vehicle body. The seat belt retractor may comprise a spool for retracting and withdrawing the seat belt and a base frame for rotatably supporting the spool. The base frame may comprises a first frame for rotatably supporting the spool, a second frame attached to a motor vehicle body, and a cushioning device intervening between the first and second frames.

Abstract: The disclosed seat belt retractor may comprise an electric motor which can be disposed inside a cylindrical spool. The rotation of the electric motor may be transmitted to the spool via a sun gear, planetary gears and a carrier. In the event of an emergency, a locking mechanism may be actuated by the action of a deceleration sensor to lock the rotation of a locking base in the belt unwinding direction. However, the spool is about to continue to rotate in the belt unwinding direction due to the inertial movement of an occupant. Thus, an energy absorbing mechanism may be used to absorb the impact energy on the occupant and limiting the load on a seat belt 6 so that the load is not too large.

Abstract: A seat belt apparatus for a vehicle that allows a vehicle passenger to smoothly get in or out of the vehicle. The seat belt apparatus may be mounted in a vehicle, so that with a turning operation of a turning member, a seat belt front-end of an overall seat belt, that is fixed to the turning member of an out-anchor apparatus, is set at a first setting position close to a vehicle passenger upon wearing the seat belt and at a second setting position remote from the vehicle passenger upon retracting the seat belt.

Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes a spool formed into a hollow cylindrical shape and capable of winding a seatbelt onto a spool outer periphery or unwinding the seatbelt from the spool outer periphery. The retractor includes a motor accommodated in a cylindrical space of the spool and a motor speed-reduction mechanism configured to reduce the rotational speed of the motor via a plurality of gears. A controller is provided to control the operation of the motor.

Abstract: A retractor of a seatbelt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that a driving shaft as the rotational axis of a motor, a spool shaft as the rotational axis of a spool, and a speed-reduction shaft as the rotational axis of a motor speed-reduction mechanism for reducing the rotational speed of the motor are generally aligned in a straight line along the width direction of the spool outer periphery.

Abstract: A retractor of a seatbelt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that a motor is accommodated in a cylindrical space of a spool and is provided with a motor speed-reduction mechanism for reducing the rotational speed of the motor so that the spool is rotated in a state that the rotational speed of the motor is reduced by the motor speed-reduction mechanism.

Abstract: A retractor of a seatbelt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that a Hall sensor and a magnetic disc as a mechanism configured to detect the position of a rotor in a motor are also used as mechanisms for detecting the amount of winding or unwinding a seatbelt.

Abstract: A retractor of a seatbelt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that the ratio of the volume of a motor housing of a motor to the volume of a cylinder portion of a spool is set to be within a retractor miniaturization adjustment range about the volume ratio in which the ratio is 40 percent or more and less than 100 percent.

Abstract: A retractor of a seatbelt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that a motor is accommodated in a hollow cylinder portion of a spool and such that the correlation among the volume V1 of the motor housing of the motor, the volume of the cylinder portion of the spool, and the storage volume within the seatbelt retractor housing is set to achieve the equation V3<V1+V2.

Abstract: A retractor of a seatbelt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that a motor is accommodated in a hollow cylindrical space of a spool and such that the size of a motor housing of the motor in the axial direction and the size of a spool outer periphery of the spool in the width direction are substantially equal to each other.

Abstract: An automatic deboning method and apparatus are provided whereby, in a deboning process comprising the steps of: severing shoulder joints off from an upper half of a poultry carcass; stripping wings together with breast meat; then removing white meat, and thus deboning is completed, a high recovery rate is secured while coping with individuality of a work, such as a size and imbalance between the left and right sides, in an automatic manner, and the apparatus comprises: a main tact transport section 29 and an auxiliary tact transport section 30 wherein the main tact transport section 29 includes a main tact transport 20 and a group of 1.sup.st to 12.sup.th stations.