Patents by Inventor Thomas Fasching

Thomas Fasching 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: 9302647
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking unit (4) for a seat belt retractor (1), which locking unit (4) is provided at one end of a seat belt spool (3) of the seat belt retractor (1), on which a seat belt (2) is retracted, so that when the seat belt (2) is quickly unrolled a locking arm (14) of a locking lever (13) is locked with an internal gearwheel (Z), as a result of which the seat belt spool (3) is locked, wherein the locking unit (4) has the following elements: the locking lever (13) with a center of rotation (D) arranged spaced apart from the center of the seat belt spool (3), an actuator arm (15) and the locking arm (14); a triggering unit having an inertia weight (17), a counter-pressure spring (18) and a transmission arm, which engages with the actuator arm (15), wherein the triggering unit is formed to rotate the locking lever (13) about the center of rotation (D) and to lock the locking arm (14) by means of the stationary internal gearwheel (Z) that is arranged about the locking lever (13) in the case
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: FASCHING SALZBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Fasching
  • Publication number: 20130221148
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking unit (4) for a seat belt retractor (1), which locking unit (4) is provided at one end of a seat belt spool (3) of the seat belt retractor (1), on which a seat belt (2) is retracted, so that when the seat belt (2) is quickly unrolled a locking arm (14) of a locking lever (13) is locked with an internal gearwheel (Z), as a result of which the seat belt spool (3) is locked, wherein the locking unit (4) has the following elements: the locking lever (13) with a centre of rotation (D) arranged spaced apart from the centre of the seat belt spool (3), an actuator arm (15) and the locking arm (14); a triggering unit having an inertia weight (17), a counter-pressure spring (18) and a transmission arm, which engages with the actuator arm (15), wherein the triggering unit is formed to rotate the locking lever (13) about the centre of rotation (D) and to lock the locking arm (14) by means of the stationary internal gearwheel (Z) that is arranged about the locking lever (13) in the case
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: FASCHING SALZBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Fasching