Noiseless emergency locking type retractor
AssigneeFuji-Autolib Company, Limited
InventorsRyoichi Fujiwara, Masanori Murata
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Abstract
A noiseless emergency locking type retractor for a seat belt is disclosed. The retractor comprises a housing; a shaft rotatably received in the housing for selectively winding and unwinding the seat belt thereabout and therefrom; an emergency locking device including a stand-man holder tightly held by the housing, a stand-man operatively held by the holder and a pivotal lever member, the pivotal lever member locking the shaft against rotation in a direction to draw the seat belt therefrom when the stand-man is inclined relative to the stand-man holder; and a structure mounted to the housing to define a sound insulating enclosed space in which the stand-man and the pivotal lever member are installed.
Claims10
An emergency locking type retractor for a seat belt, comprising:
- a housing;
- a shaft rotatably received in said housing for selectively winding and unwinding the seat belt thereabout and therefrom;
- emergency locking means including a stand-man holder tightly held by said housing, a stand-man operatively held by said holder and a pivotal lever member, said pivotal lever member locking said shaft against rotation in a direction to draw the seat belt therefrom when said stand-man is inclined relative to said stand-man holder;
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- a structure mounted to said housing to define a sound insulating enclosed space in which said stand-man and said pivotal lever member are installed, said structure comprising;
- a box-like part of said stand-man holder in which said stand-man is operatively installed, said box-like part being of a double wall construction;
- a dust cover fixed to an inside surface of a wall of said housing for covering an opening formed in said wall of said housing, said opening being an opening through which a part of said emergency locking means is projected into said housing, said dust cover being of a double wall construction;
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- a sensor cover fixed to an outside surface of said wall for covering essential parts of said emergency locking means, said sensor cover being of a double wall construction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.