Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
242396000 | With brake | 39 |
20110121123 | ROTATION DAMPER - A rotation damper, particularly for damping the rotary movement of a belt retractor shaft of a vehicle safety belt, has a housing which delimits a working space filled with a damping medium, and an element which is rotatable relative to the housing. Several pins serving as resistance elements, which extend into the working space, are provided on the element. | 05-26-2011 |
20120104139 | Reel Stand Brake System - A braking mechanism for a reel stand has been developed. The braking mechanism is affixed to a reel support member. The reel support member is configured to rotatably support at least a part of a reel. The braking mechanism includes a brake lever connected to the reel support member at a pivot point, and a braking member connected to the brake lever. The pivot point is offset from an axis of rotation of a reel supported by the reel support member. The braking member is configured to be positionable against the reel supported by the reel support member with an adjustable braking force. | 05-03-2012 |
20130140391 | Force Limiting Device for a Motor Vehicle - A force limiting device for a motor vehicle, which features at least two parts controlled relative to each other with a frequency-based, defined movement, wherein the parts moving relative to each other have mutually engaging gearings and the frequency-controlled movement takes place in such a way that at least one of the parts performs a wave-like advancing motion with respect to another part, in which the gearing is alternately engaged and disengaged, wherein one or a plurality of individual masses are provided, which can be coupled to or decoupled from the part performing the wave-shaped advancing movement thereby changing the force limiting characteristics of the system. | 06-06-2013 |
20130200197 | DEVICE FOR ROLLING UP AND UNROLLING A LEASH | 08-08-2013 |
20140014760 | SLOWING DEVICE FOR SLOWING SCROLLING SPEED OF BELT OF BARRIER POLE - A slowing device for slowing scrolling speed of belt of barrier poles includes a storage unit having a rotor to which the belt is wrapped. The rotor has an axle extending therefrom and located in the room of the storage unit. The rotor scrolls the belt backward when the belt is released. The slowing device is located in the storage unit and has two braking pieces which contact the inner wall of the room due to centrifugal force so that the belt does not move at high speed and does not injure people when being pulled or retracted. | 01-16-2014 |
20140048639 | LINE DISPENSING DEVICE WITH EDDY CURRENT BRAKING FOR USE WITH CLIMBING AND EVACUATION - This disclosure describes embodiments of novel line dispensing devices and methods for dispensing and retracting a line of a line dispensing device. | 02-20-2014 |
20160130108 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WINDING AND UNWINDING A PARALLEL WIRE STRAND HORIZONTALLY - A device and method for horizontally winding and unwinding a parallel wire strand, the device includes guiding device, rotating platform, rail flat wagon, strand winding and unwinding device, tray, several transmitters and programmable controllers, according to different mounted characteristics of winding and unwinding wire strand, the strand winding and unwinding device is divided into two structure forms, that are first inner module and second inner module; first inner module is composed of supporting plate and top drawbar, second inner module is composed of supporting plate and top drawbar, in addition knockout pin of hydraulic jack, can commendably solve “Hula-circles” problem. | 05-12-2016 |
242396100 | Positive | 25 |
20080203210 | WEBBING RETRACTOR - To simplify the structure of a webbing retractor, at a second locking mechanism 44 of the webbing retractor, when a gas generator is not operated, a cam engages with an outer peripheral groove of a lock ring, and a limit load by a torsion shaft is made to be a high load. On the other hand, when the gas generator is operated, the cam is moved apart from the outer peripheral groove of the lock ring, and the limit load by the torsion shaft is made to be a low load. Because only the cam is interposed between the lock ring and a piston which is driven by the gas generator, the number of parts of the second locking mechanism can be reduced, and the structure of the second locking mechanism can be made simple. | 08-28-2008 |
20080315025 | Seat Belt Retractor with a Belt Extension Controlled Force Limiting - A seat belt retractor for motor vehicles with a vehicle-sensitive or belt webbing sensitive controllable locking device, or both, for the belt shaft, having a profiled head that acts as a support for a displaceably mounted locking member that locks the belt shaft in the housing, and a two-stage force limiting device having two force limiting elements that are switchable between a high level and a low level of force limitation via an interposed coupling ( | 12-25-2008 |
20090057470 | Seat belt retractor - A seat belt retractor including a spool for winding up the seat belt, and a locking mechanism that prevents rotation of the spool. A belt withdrawal sensor actuates when the seat belt is withdrawn at a speed higher than a normal speed. The locking mechanism is actuated based on the actuation of the belt withdrawal sensor. A lock gear rotates with the spool when the locking mechanism is not in operation and rotates relative to the spool when the lock actuation mechanism is in operation. The lock gear actuates the locking mechanism by relative rotation between the lock gear and the spool. The belt withdrawal sensor is disposed on the lock gear allowing the belt withdrawal sensor to oscillate between an inoperative position and an operative position. An oscillation preventive member prevents the oscillation of the belt withdrawal sensor. | 03-05-2009 |
20090057471 | Seat belt retractor - A seat belt retractor includes a seat belt, a spool, and an emergency locking mechanism for preventing the spool from rotating in a belt withdrawal direction. The emergency locking mechanism allows rotation of the spool not in operation and prevents the rotation of the spool in the belt withdrawal direction when in operation. A lock gear includes ratchet teeth on an outer periphery of the emergency locking mechanism arranged in an annular shape. The lock gear rotates with the spool when the emergency locking mechanism is not in operation and actuates the locking mechanism when the emergency locking mechanism is in operation. A vehicle sensor includes an engaging claw and detects a vehicle deceleration larger than a predetermined deceleration. The engaging claw engages with one of the ratchet teeth to prevent rotation of the lock gear in the belt withdrawal direction. | 03-05-2009 |
20100276532 | Seatbelt apparatus - A seatbelt apparatus is provided which can constrain a passenger by ensuring removal of a slack of a lap belt when two pretensioners are activated under two different time frames. A pretensioner of a seatbelt retractor is activated first, and a shoulder belt and a lap belt are pulled in a direction toward the seatbelt retractor. Subsequently, a pretensioner of a belt anchor portion is activated and pulls a seatbelt toward the belt anchor portion, and hence a one-way tongue catches and locks the seatbelt. Accordingly, the shoulder belt is prevented from moving toward the lap belt through the tongue. Therefore, removal of the slack of the lap belt is ensured, and hence a lumber of the passenger is firmly fixed. | 11-04-2010 |
20110024544 | LOCKING SPOOL FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a spool for a telecommunications cable. The spool prevents twisting of the cable when the spool is operated by requiring that any connections to a side of the spool are disconnected before rotation of the spool can begin. The spool includes a base, a hub, a connector bulkhead, a barrier member, and a hub locking member. A first flange of the hub is rotatably mounted to the base. The connector bulkhead receives a terminated end of the cable and is attached to a second flange of the hub. The barrier member is moveably attached to the second flange of the hub. The barrier member has a first position that obstructs access to the terminated end of the cable and a second position that allows access to the end of the cable. The hub locking member is operably connected to the barrier member such that the hub and the base are not locked by the hub locking member when the barrier member is at the first position, and the hub and the base are locked together by the hub locking member when the barrier member is at the second position. | 02-03-2011 |
20120234959 | SINGLE ACTION REEL CONTROL MECHANISM - A retractable reel rotational control apparatus, comprising a mechanical actuator which simultaneously brakes and locks the reel in a single action of the actuator, and releases the brake and lock with a subsequent action, wherein the reel brake is separate from the actuator. | 09-20-2012 |
20130043339 | INTERLOCK SYSTEM - A hoist includes a platform, a drum, and a motor. The drum is supported by and configured to rotate with respect to the platform, and the motor is coupled to the drum and configured to rotate the drum. The hoist further includes a shaft having a splined section and an interlock system configured to constrain rotation of the shaft. The shaft is coupled to at least one of the drum and the motor, and communicates torque between the drum and the motor. The interlock system includes a keyed ring and an arm. The keyed ring is configured to slide onto and engage the splined section of the shaft. The arm extends from the keyed ring and is configured to provide leverage to limit rotation of the keyed ring, thereby interlocking rotation of the shaft when the keyed ring is engaged with the splined section of the shaft. | 02-21-2013 |
20130048774 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE - A vehicle occupant protection device ( | 02-28-2013 |
20130161439 | SPOOL ASSEMBLY WITH LOCKING MECHANISM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A spool assembly comprising a housing structure, a spool rotatably retained in an interior region of the housing structure, and a sealed sheath encasing the housing structure to define a barrier for the encased housing structure and the rotatably retained spool. The spool assembly further comprises a locking arm disposed outside of the sealed sheath and configured to operably engage the spool through the sealed sheath and through the housing structure in a manner that does not penetrate the sealed sheath, where the locking arm prevents the spool from rotating relative to the housing mechanism when operably engaged with the spool. The locking arm may disengage from the spool in a hands-free manner when the spool assembly is loaded into a bay of an additive manufacturing system. | 06-27-2013 |
20150014463 | CLOSURE DEVICES INCLUDING INCREMENTAL RELEASE MECHANISMS AND METHODS THEREFOR - According to an embodiment, a device for tightening an article includes a housing, a spool rotatably positioned within the housing, a knob operably coupled with the spool to cause the spool to rotate within the housing, and a stop mechanism. The device is configured so that incremental rotation of the knob in a first direction causes a corresponding incremental rotation of the spool within the housing that incrementally tensions a tension member and thereby tightens the article. The device is also configured so that incremental rotation of the knob in a second direction causes a corresponding incremental rotation of the spool that incrementally loosens the tension member's tension. The stop mechanism is configured to prevent rotation of the spool in the second direction when the tension member's tension achieves or falls below a tension threshold. | 01-15-2015 |
242396200 | One-way | 14 |
20090108117 | Seat belt retractor - A seat belt retractor including a spool for winding up a seat belt; and a locking mechanism having a locking member that rotates together with the spool in the normal state, but is prevented from rotating in a belt withdrawing direction in the event of an emergency, generating a rotational difference relative to the spool. The spool further including an energy absorbing pin that is disposed on the spool and the locking member to limit the load applied to the seat belt when the rotational difference is generated between the spool and the locking member. The energy absorbing pin has a shaft portion that is fitted in a hole of the spool and a head portion that is in contact with the locking member. The head portion comprises a curved contact surface to be in contact with the locking member. | 04-30-2009 |
20090218432 | WEBBING WINDER - In a webbing winder, when a webbing belt is wound around a spool, a V gear is rotated in a winding direction together with a W pawl, a friction spring, and a contact member, thereby generating a frictional force between the contact member and a sensor holder. As a consequence, the friction spring and the contact member are located at a restriction position, so that the friction spring engages with an engaging surface of the W pawl. Therefore, even if the spool and the V gear are rapidly and slightly rotated in a withdrawal direction in reaction when the webbing belt is completely wound by the spool, the W pawl cannot mesh with a ratchet gear formed at the sensor holder due to the restriction of oscillation of the W pawl, thus preventing any end lock. | 09-03-2009 |
20110155837 | ONE-WAY LOAD SELF-CONTROL SPIRAL TYPE BRAKE - A one-way load self-control spiral type brake, including a reel, two bearing frames on the reel, a brake shaft set between the two bearing frames, and two ends of the brake shaft connecting a transmission shaft. A front end of said brake shaft equipped with a fixing apparatus. Behind the fixing apparatus, a first inner friction piece, a first external friction piece, a second inner friction piece, a second external friction piece, an internal screw thread pressure plate, a tension spring, a connection piece and a brake shaft coupling are provided in sequential order around the brake shaft, and are fixed together by a socket and spigot joint. The inner friction piece and the brake shaft mesh. An external tooth is set on an outer circle of the external friction piece. A front end of the brake shaft coupling is fixed outside of an internal screw thread pressure plate. | 06-30-2011 |
20120074254 | INTEGRATED PORTABLE ELECTRONICS TESTER - A device and method for testing the functionality of various electronic device components. The device is portable and is capable of being upgraded with changes in technology. The device is enclosed within a housing, which comprises a power supply and a display. The disclosed device incorporates a tester for personal computer and laptop components, including but not limited to, power supply, microprocessor, motherboard, system memory, video subsystem, mass storage devices, and cables. | 03-29-2012 |
20130256446 | CABLE WINDING DEVICE AND FIXING AND WINDING MECHANISM THEREOF - A cable winding device comprises a case, a reel disc, a cable, and a cable locking structure. The case comprises a first case element and a second case element. The reel disc is disposed between the first case element and the second case element, wherein the reel disc has a leaf spring. The cable is wound on the reel disc. The cable locking structure has a fixing part and at least partially penetrates the first case element and the reel disc. When a pulling operation of the cable causes the leaf spring to be sustained against the fixing part, a desired length of the cable is pulled out from the case and locked. When the cable locking structure is pressed and the fixing part is detached from the leaf spring, the cable pulled outside the case is rewound on the reel disc. | 10-03-2013 |
20130277485 | REEL BASED LACING SYSTEM - A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel comprising a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the reel can include a rotation limiter which can be configured to prevent over-tightening of the lacing system and/or to prevent rotation past the substantially fully loosened state. | 10-24-2013 |
242396400 | Ratchet and radial pawl | 8 |
20090321550 | Reel Lock for Passenger Restraint Having Dual Locking Positions - Disclosed is an improved reel assembly for use in conjunction with an occupant restraint system. The assembly employs a dual locking arrangement whereby an occupant can be restrained during both major and minor incidents. After a major incident, the reel assembly remains locked until the occupant disengages the reel via a push button. After a minor incident, the reel assembly can be conveniently unlocked, without the need for accessing the push button, by applying counter tension to the webbing. | 12-31-2009 |
20110031342 | Pawl Assembly - A pawl assembly comprising a pawl held in a floating engagement with a support structure and being operable to engage a ratchet, the support structure having an abutment portion, wherein in a first phase, on initial contact with the ratchet, the pawl remains in the floating engagement and is operable to move into a second phase, in which the pawl is operable to contact the abutment portion, to rotate the pawl towards full engagement with the ratchet. | 02-10-2011 |
20110031343 | SINGLE CORD DRIVE FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A shade for architectural openings incorporating a single cord drive featuring automatic braking of the shade when the user releases the drive cord. In a preferred embodiment, an automatic tilt-open mechanism is provided to tilt the shade open when the shade is in the fully extended down position. | 02-10-2011 |
20110266384 | REEL BASED LACING SYSTEM - A reel based lacing system is disclosed. The reel can be configured to allow the incremental tightening of a lace about a spool by rotation of a knob in the tightening direction. In some embodiments, the system can include a substantially inflexible pawl beam configured to resist rotation of the knob in the loosening direction and a pawl spring configured to bias the pawl against the housing and to allow the pawl to be displaced away from the housing when the knob is rotated in the tightening direction. | 11-03-2011 |
20120205479 | HANDHELD CONTROL DEVICE FOR A PET LEASH - A handheld control device for a pet leash includes a rope reeled on a braking reel, a pawl unit pivotable by operation of a spring-loaded pushbutton to engage one ratchet tooth of the braking reel so as to disable rotation of the braking reel in an unwinding direction, and a locking lever operable to swing a weight end between unlocked and locked positions to disengage from and engage the pawl unit, respectively, so as to selectively prohibit rotation of the braking reel in both winding and unwinding directions and control the length of the rope that extends outwardly of a housing. | 08-16-2012 |
20120292418 | HOSE REEL LATCH - A hose reel has a latch assembly for catching a ratchet element on a hose reel spool. The hose reel includes a hose reel frame and a hose reel guide arm, both of which are capable of mounting the latch assembly. | 11-22-2012 |
20140117140 | REEL BASED LACING SYSTEM - A reel based lacing system is disclosed. The reel can be configured to allow the incremental tightening of a lace about a spool by rotation of a knob in the tightening direction. In some embodiments, the system can include a substantially inflexible pawl beam configured to resist rotation of the knob in the loosening direction and a pawl spring configured to bias the pawl against the housing and to allow the pawl to be displaced away from the housing when the knob is rotated in the tightening direction. | 05-01-2014 |
20150115090 | ASSEMBLY FOR A BELT RETRACTOR - An assembly for a belt retractor includes a vehicle-sensitive sensor and a holding fixture ( | 04-30-2015 |
242396500 | Friction | 7 |
20090194629 | STRETCH FILM DISPENSER - The present invention provides a stretch film dispenser, which includes a base, a reel device, and a brake device. The reel device has a reel and a connecting member pivotally connected to the base, and the brake device is connected to the base and is fitted to the connecting member of the reel device. The base and the brake device form a holding member of the stretch film dispenser to be grasped by an operator. The present invention further provides a second reel to be fitted to the reel of the reel dispenser to dispense the stretch film rolls with different core diameter. | 08-06-2009 |
20100006690 | DRAG MECHANISM FOR DUAL-BEARING REEL - The drag mechanism includes a friction disk, a cover member, a brake disk, and a drag adjusting mechanism. The friction disk is in a storage space of a first flange portion of a spool and has an engaging recess formed in an external circumferential surface. The cover member has a cylindrical portion that fits into an internal circumferential surface of the storage space, an engaging protrusion on a distal end surface of the cylindrical portion to engage with the engaging recess, and a protruding portion that mate closely with an end face of the first flange portion. The cover member is fixed to the first flange portion and covers the storage space from the outside. The brake disk is arranged in the storage space facing opposite the friction disk and constructed not to rotate in a line reel-out direction. The cam mechanism is designed to move the friction disk and the spool together along an axial direction of the spool with respect to the brake disk such that the friction disk is pressed against the brake disk. | 01-14-2010 |
20120211580 | ASYMMETRIC DRAG FORCE BEARINGS FOR USE WITH PUSH-CABLE STORAGE DRUMS - A pipe inspection system may include a cable storage drum and a length of resilient flexible push-cable. An asymmetric bearing device supports the cable storage drum for rotation about the rotational axis in a pay-out direction and an opposite pay-in direction. In one embodiment, the asymmetric bearing device automatically decreases, without the for manual adjustment, an amount of friction exerted against rotation of the cable storage drum upon reversal of the direction of rotation of the cable storage drum from the pay-out direction to the pay-in direction. | 08-23-2012 |
20150329076 | FORCE LIMITING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FORCE LIMITING DEVICE - In a load limiting device ( | 11-19-2015 |
242396600 | Applied to coil or spool (e.g., radial) | 3 |
242396700 | User pressure application | 2 |
20130119180 | LEAD EQUIPPED WITH MEANS FOR BLOCKING THE EXTENSIBLE CORD - An extensible cord lead comprising a casing ( | 05-16-2013 |
20160000044 | Traction Switching Device - A traction switching device, comprising a push-pull button, a manual button, an upper casing, a pulley, a lower casing, a reset spring, wherein the lower casing is provided with a first slot; the push-pull button is imbedded in and sliding back and forth along the first slot; the manual button is sleeved on the hole corresponding to the push-pull button and simultaneously is installed at the position corresponding to the lower casing and the upper casing; the pulley is installed at the central axis of the lower casing; the reset spring is installed in the manual button. The traction switching device is featured with manual, flexible and easy operation, applicable to all domestic pets. By pulling the push-pull button while pressing the manual button, the traction switching device is fully locked; conversely, the traction switching device is unlocked by the push-pull button. | 01-07-2016 |
242396900 | Axially applied | 1 |
20130001348 | INERTIA POWERED PROPORTIONAL BRAKING MECHANISM - A system is provided for breaking rotational movement comprising: a rotatable member; a friction surface disposed on the rotatable member; a friction plate opposed to the friction surface, such that when the rotatable member rotates the friction plate is in contact with the friction surface; a rod, having at least a threaded portion, and the at least a portion of the rod being received within the rotatable member such that the rotatable member rotates about the rod and moves along the threaded portion towards the friction plate; and a compressive member, whereby a force is applied to the friction plate which increases with rotation of the rotatable member. | 01-03-2013 |