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US 11,628,802 B2Granted
Subassembly formed of a seat belt retractor belt reel and a drive wheel
AssigneeZF Automotive Germany GmbH
InventorsThomas Mödinger, Milos Cekic, Andreas Pregitzer
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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.
Claims13
A subassembly comprising:
- 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, the shear elements being configured to shear off to prevent the belt tensioner from driving the belt reel in the winding direction, each of the shear elements being 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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.