Patents by Inventor Milos Cekic

Milos Cekic 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).

  • Patent number: 11628802
    Abstract: A subassembly includes a belt reel for a seat belt retractor and a drive wheel on which a belt tensioner can act to drive the belt reel in a winding direction of the seat belt, wherein between the drive wheel and the belt reel there is provided an overload clutch which includes plural shear elements, especially shear pins, each of which is inserted in an opening of the belt reel and/or of the drive wheel, the opening extending in the axial direction starting from a front side of the belt reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Mödinger, Milos Cekic, Andreas Pregitzer
  • Publication number: 20210206341
    Abstract: A subassembly includes a belt reel for a seat belt retractor and a drive wheel on which a belt tensioner can act to drive the belt reel in a winding direction of the seat belt, wherein between the drive wheel and the belt reel there is provided an overload clutch which includes plural shear elements, especially shear pins, each of which is inserted in an opening of the belt reel and/or of the drive wheel, the opening extending in the axial direction starting from a front side of the belt reel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: ZF Automotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mödinger, Milos Cekic, Andreas Pregitzer
  • Patent number: 10179564
    Abstract: A belt retractor including a self-orienting vehicle-acceleration-sensitive sensor device (18) including a belt shaft, and a first blocking device blocking the belt shaft in the belt extraction direction, which is controllable by the sensor device (18). The sensor device (18) includes a sensor housing (1) pivotable about a pivot axis (S), which is fixable with respect to the frame using a second blocking device (17). A contact surface (5) for an inertial mass is provided in the sensor housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Milos Cekic, Günter Clute
  • Publication number: 20160229374
    Abstract: A belt retractor including a self-orienting vehicle-acceleration-sensitive sensor device (18) including a belt shaft, and a first blocking device blocking the belt shaft in the belt extraction direction, which is controllable by the sensor device (18). The sensor device (18) includes a sensor housing (1) pivotable about a pivot axis (S), which is fixable with respect to the frame using a second blocking device (17). A contact surface (5) for an inertial mass is provided in the sensor housing (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Milos Cekic, Günter Clute
  • Patent number: 9346434
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor (1) with a vehicle-sensitive, inertia sensor (4), and a blocking device to block belt extraction movement of a belt shaft (3) controllable by an inertia sensor (4). The inertia sensor (4) has a sensor housing (5) with a gearing (7) mounted to swivel, blocking element (10) coupled on the belt shaft (3), engages in the gearing (7) in a first position to fix the sensor housing (5) and swivels during a belt retraction movement from a first position into a second position where it does not engage in the gearing (7). A guide is provided in the form of a longitudinal recess (12) with a variable width. The blocking element (10) engages with a protrusion (14) in the recess (12) and during the rotation of the belt shaft (3) to cause relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the recess (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Günter Clute, Milos Cekic
  • Publication number: 20140042257
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor (1) with a vehicle-sensitive, inertia sensor (4), and a blocking device to block belt extraction movement of a belt shaft (3) controllable by an inertia sensor (4). The inertia sensor (4) has a sensor housing (5) with a gearing (7) mounted to swivel, blocking element (10) coupled on the belt shaft (3), engages in the gearing (7) in a first position (I) to fix the sensor housing (5) and swivels during a belt retraction movement from a first position (I) into a second position (II) where it does not engage in the gearing (7). A guide is provided in the form of a longitudinal recess (12) with a variable width (B). The blocking element (10) engages with a protrusion (14) in the recess (12) and during the rotation of the belt shaft (3) to cause relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the recess (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Günter Clute, Milos Cekic