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Driving device especially for return stiffening of a safety belt in an automatic safety belt wind-up device
Assignee: TRW Repa Feinstanzwerk GmbH
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Filing: 1985-06-28
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Granted: 1986-03-04
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Expires: 2005-06-28
Abstract
Abstract A driving device having a piston pyrotechnically driven in a cylinder, the piston being connected by pulling means to an element to be driven, the cylinder having a stroke limit stop at a rear end thereof, as viewed in driving direction of the piston in the cylinder, includes damping means disposed between the piston and the stroke limit stop of the cylinder, the damping means braking the piston in a predetermined manner upon failure of the pulling means.
Inventors
- 👤 Artur Fohl
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 02:40
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R22/00; B60R22/34; B60R22/46; B60R22/4619; F; F15; F15B; F15B15/00; F15B15/19; F15B15/20; F15B15/22; F15B15/222
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
302 words
An apparatus comprising a reel to tighten a safety belt in response to detonation of an explosive charge, an elongated tubular member to be connected in fluid communication with the explosive charge, a piston disposed in said elongated tubular member, said piston being movable along said elongated tubular member toward one end portion of said tubular member under the influence of high pressure gas conducted from the explosive charge upon detonation of the explosive charge, flexible connector means connected with said piston and safety belt reel for rotating the safety belt reel to wind up the safety belt and for stopping movement of said piston along said tubular member with said piston spaced from the one end portion of said tubular member in the absence of breaking of said flexible connector means under the influence of force applied against said flexible connector means by said piston, and stop means disposed in the one end portion of said tubular member for stopping said piston upon breaking of said flexible connector means under the influence of force applied against said flexible connector means by said piston, said stop means including a body of resiliently deformable material having surface means for defining a cavity with an axial extent which is greater than the axial extent of said piston to enable leading and trailing end portions of said piston to enter the cavity during movement of said piston after breaking of said flexible connector means, said cavity having a side surface which tapers inwardly from an entrance to an end portion having a cross sectional size which is substantially less than a maximum cross sectional size of said piston to enable said piston to radially compress the material of said stop means as said piston moves in the cavity after breaking of said flexible connector means.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
302 words
An apparatus comprising a reel to tighten a safety belt in response to detonation of an explosive charge, an elongated tubular member to be connected in fluid communication with the explosive charge, a piston disposed in said elongated tubular member, said piston being movable along said elongated tubular member toward one end portion of said tubular member under the influence of high pressure gas conducted from the explosive charge upon detonation of the explosive charge, flexible connector means connected with said piston and safety belt reel for rotating the safety belt reel to wind up the safety belt and for stopping movement of said piston along said tubular member with said piston spaced from the one end portion of said tubular member in the absence of breaking of said flexible connector means under the influence of force applied against said flexible connector means by said piston, and stop means disposed in the one end portion of said tubular member for stopping said piston upon breaking of said flexible connector means under the influence of force applied against said flexible connector means by said piston, said stop means including a body of resiliently deformable material having surface means for defining a cavity with an axial extent which is greater than the axial extent of said piston to enable leading and trailing end portions of said piston to enter the cavity during movement of said piston after breaking of said flexible connector means, said cavity having a side surface which tapers inwardly from an entrance to an end portion having a cross sectional size which is substantially less than a maximum cross sectional size of said piston to enable said piston to radially compress the material of said stop means as said piston moves in the cavity after breaking of said flexible connector means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said piston has an axially tapered configuration to provide for wedging engagement of said piston with the material of said stop means as said piston moves in the cavity.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
61 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said stop means is at least partially circumscribed by said tubular member, said piston having outer side surface means which presses the material of said stop means against an inner side surface of said tubular member as said piston moves in the cavity to thereby compress the material of said stop means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cavity has an end wall opposite from the entrance of said cavity, said leading end portion of said piston being spaced from the end wall of said cavity upon stopping of movement of said piston by said stop means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 further including thread means formed in said body of resiliently deformable material for engaging a mating thread on the inside of said tubular member to connect said stop means with said tubular member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the entrance to said cavity has a cross sectional size which is greater than the maximum cross sectional size of said piston.
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