Abstract: A device for retracting a seatbelt, having a shaft and main drive spring which prestresses the shaft in a retracting direction of the seatbelt, and a locking wheel rotatably arranged relative to the shaft, and a blocking device with a locking lever for blocking a rotational movement of the locking wheel in the retracting direction, and a compensating spring arranged such that when the locking wheel is blocked, said compensating spring transmits to the shaft a prestressing force counteracting the prestressing force of the main drive spring. The blocking device has a switching lever for activating the locking lever, the switching lever being arranged pivotably about an axis which is parallel to the axis of the shaft, and has a first engagement element and a second engagement element which is guided on a positive cam of a control disk which is connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to the shaft.
Abstract: Device for winding a safety belt onto a shaft, with a principle mainspring (7), which prestresses the shaft (4) in the winding direction (a) of the safety belt (2); a ratchet wheel (12) that rotates relative to the shaft (4); a blocking device (15) for blocking the rotational movement of the ratchet wheel (12) in the winding direction (a); a balance spring (20) which transmits to the shaft (4) a prestressing force that opposes the prestressing force of the principle mainspring (7) when the ratchet wheel (12) is blocked; and a free-wheel clutch that exhibits a blocking ring (34) with teeth (35, 39) and a blocking element that interacts with said teeth (35, 39). The blocking element has two ends having an angular spacing which differs from a whole-number multiple of the divisional spacing of the teeth (35, 39).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 20, 2007
Date of Patent:
November 2, 2010
Assignee:
Hugo Kern und Liebers GmbH & Co. KG Platinen- und Federnfabrik
Abstract: Device for winding a safety belt onto a shaft, with a principle mainspring (7), which prestresses the shaft (4) in the winding direction (a) of the safety belt (2); with a ratchet wheel (12) that rotates relative to the shaft (4); with a blocking device (15) for blocking the rotational movement of the ratchet wheel (12) in the winding direction (a); with a balance spring (20), which transmits to the shaft (4) a prestressing force that opposes the prestressing force of the principle mainspring (7) when the ratchet wheel (12) is blocked; and with a free-wheel clutch, which both permits the transmission of force from the shaft (4) to the balance spring (20) in the winding direction (a) when the ratchet wheel (12) is blocked and allows a rotational movement of the balance spring (20) relative to the shaft (4) in the winding direction (a) when the ratchet wheel (12) is not blocked, such that the free-wheel clutch exhibits a blocking ring (34) with teeth (35, 39) and a blocking element that interacts with said teet
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 20, 2007
Publication date:
May 8, 2008
Applicant:
Hugo Kern und Liebers GmbH & Co. KG Platinen-und Federnfabrik