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US 4,058,272 AGranted
Inertia locked safety belt take-up reel
AssigneeTakata Kojyo Co., Ltd.
InventorTakezo Takada
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AssigneeTakata Kojyo Co., Ltd.
InventorTakezo Takada
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An inertia locking safety belt take-up reel comprises a U-shaped bracket and a rotatable reel including side ratchet wheels and journalled between the bracket side walls. A rockable cross piece including pawl projections is supported between the side walls for movement into engagement with the ratchet wheels and is spring biased out of engagement. A clutch wheel is rotatable with the reel and frictionally rotatably supports a cooperating clutch annulus, the two clutch members pivotally engaging a pawl so that their relative rotation attendant to a rapid acceleration of the reel swings the pawl into engagement with a second ratchet wheel to rock the latter, which in turn rocks the cross piece through an interconnecting crank arm, to lock the reel ratchet wheels by the associated pawls. An alarm control gear is driven by a pinion rotatable with the reel.
An automatic locking safety belt reel mechanism comprising a belt take-up reel, a first ratchet wheel rotatable with said take-up reel, a first pawl disposed proximate said first ratchet wheel and actuatable into engagement therewith to lock said reel against belt withdrawal, spring means biasing said first pawl out of engagement with said first ratchet wheel, a first clutch member rotatable with said reel, a second rotatable clutch member coaxial with said first clutch member and in slipping coupling therewith, a second ratchet wheel coaxial with said clutch members, said first ratchet wheel being normally rotatable relative to said second ratchet wheel, a second pawl disposed proximate said second ratchet wheel, means for actuating said second pawl in response to relative rotation between said first and second clutch members to engage and rock said second ratchet wheel, and actuating means responsive to the rocking of said second ratchet wheel to actuate said first pawl into engagement with said first ratchet wheel.
An automatic locking safety belt mechanism comprising a rotatable reel upon which said belt is windable, a first ratchet wheel rotatable with said reel, a first pawl movable into and out of engagement with said ratchet wheel, spring means biasing said first pawl out of engagement with said first ratchet wheel, a drive member rotatable with said reel, an inertia member rotatable relative to said drive member, means frictionally slip coupling said inertia member to said drive member whereby said inertia member is normally urged to follow said drive member and lag said drive member upon rapid acceleration of said drive member, a rockable actuator second ratchet wheel coaxial with said reel, a second pawl member, means for swinging said second pawl member in response to relative rotation between said drive member and inertia member for engaging and rocking said actuator second ratchet wheel in a forward direction, and means responsive to the forward rocking of said actuator wheel for advancing said first pawl into engagement with said first ratchet wheel.
An automatic locking safety belt reel mechanism comprising a belt take-up reel, a first ratchet wheel rotatable with said take-up reel, a first pawl disposed proximate said first ratchet wheel and actuatable into engagement therewith to lock said reel against belt withdrawal, a first clutch member rotatable with said reel, a second rotatable clutch member coaxial with said first clutch member and in slipping engagement therewith, a second ratchet wheel coaxial with said reel clutch members, said first ratchet wheel being normally rotatable relative to said second ratchet wheel, a second pawl disposed proximate said second ratchet wheel, means for actuating said second pawl in response to relative rotation between said first and second clutch members to engage and rock said second ratchet wheel, and actuating means responsive to the rocking of said second ratchet wheel to actuate said pawl into engagement with said first ratchet wheel, one of said clutch members comprising an inner member having a cylindrical peripheral surface and the other of said clutch members comprising an annulus surrounding and slideably engaging said cylindrical surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.