Patents by Inventor Ken Forget

Ken Forget has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Comfort mechanism with slack limit
    Patent number: 4896843
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor includes a spindle having belt webbing wound thereon. The spindle is supported for rotation in belt retraction and belt withdrawal directions. The spindle is biased to rotate in the belt retraction direction. A disk member is fixed to the spindle to rotate with the spindle. A rotatable drum member is adjacent the disk member. An interconnecting member is associated with the disk member and the drum member to effect rotation of the drum member with the disk member in the belt retraction direction. A selectively actuatable lock mechanism, when actuated, limits rotation of the drum member in the belt withdrawal direction to a predetermined amount of rotation and thereafter prevents rotation of the drum member in the belt withdrawal and belt retraction directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Gray, Ken Forget