Emergency locking reel for belts

An emergency locking reel for a safety belt including, a frame, a spindle rotatably mounted on said frame, locking means operable to prevent rotation of said spindle relative to said frame in one direction, a housing secured to said frame and containing said locking means, a vehicle deceleration responsive sensor which is operable to cause operation of said locking means and has a part-spherical member, a spherical cavity within said housing which is substantially complementary to the spherical part of said member, said member being securable within said cavity in any one of a range of possible positions relative to said housing, and said position is selected according to the intended disposition of said housing relative to a vehicle to which it is attached in use.

An emergency locking reel for a safety belt including, a frame, a spindle rotatably mounted on said frame, a locking ring secured to said frame against movement relative thereto, a pawl rotatable with said spindle and being operable to engage said locking ring and thereby prevent rotation of said spindle in one direction relative to said frame, a vehicle deceleration responsive sensor operable to cause operation of said pawl, and an end plate attached to said frame and being moulded from a plastics material, said end plate having as integral parts thereof a bearing for said spindle, locating means to position said locking ring relative to said spindle, and further locating means to position said sensor relative to said spindle, wherein an opening through said locking ring is coaxial with said spindle, a plurality of teeth are provided around the periphery of said opening at regularly spaced intervals, and each of said teeth projects inwardly towards the axis of said spindle and has a shape which is substantially symmetrical about a plane which contains the spindle axis, wherein said locating means for the locking ring comprises a series of bars which project outwardly from said end plate in the axial direction of said spindle and each of which engages between a respective pair of adjacent teeth of said locking ring.

An emergency locking reel for a safety belt including, a frame, a spindle rotatably mounted on said frame, a locking ring secured to said frame against movement relative thereto, a pawl rotatable with said spindle and being operable to engage said locking ring and thereby prevent rotation of said spindle in one direction relative to said frame, a vehicle deceleration responsive sensor operable to cause operation of said pawl, and an end plate attached to said frame and being moulded from a plastics material, said end plate having as integral parts thereof a bearing for said spindle. locating means to position said locking ring relative to said spindle, and further locating means to position said sensor relative to said spindle, wherein said further locating means includes a spherical recess in said end plate, said sensor includes a part-spherical member, the spherical part of which is substantidlly complementary to said recess, and said member is securable within said recess in any one of a range of positions relative to said frame, and said position is selected according to the intended disposition of said frame relative to a vehicle to which it is attached in use.