Belt Retractor With an Electromotive Winding Aid and Method for Activating an Electromotive Winding Aid for a Belt Retractor
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsPatrick Süllau, Andreas Lucht, Hans-Jörg Langhoff, Hans-Otto Kock, Philip Rings
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Abstract
The invention relates to a belt retractor with an electromotive winding aid (4) comprising a belt shaft (1) which is pretensioned in the winding-up direction by a spring and is mounted rotatably in a frame (3) of the belt retractor on which a belt strap (2) can be wound up. The electromotive winding aid (4) can be activated as a function of the belt-strap-retraction speed (BRS).
Claims11
A seat belt retractor for a seat belt comprising:
- a belt shaft rotatably mounted in a frame of the seat belt retractor for winding the seat belt and a retractor spring for pretensioning the seat belt in the direction of winding of the seat belt,
- an electromotive winding aid acting on the belt shaft, and a control unit for controlling the electromotive winding aid as a function of a seat belt feed rate.
A method to control an electromotive winding aid of a seat belt retractor which acts on a belt shaft to wind a seat belt, comprising the steps of, activating the electromotive winding aid, when a belt lock sensor does not sense a locked belt tongue, and
- providing a sensor device to sense a seat belt feed rate and determining if the sensed seat belt feed rate is below a predetermined first boundary value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.