Seatbelt pretensioner

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9440617
APP PUB NO 20140263808A1
SERIAL NO

13833892

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A system for pretensioning a seatbelt includes a minispool and a drive rod. The drive rod includes a spiral portion that, when driven along a longitudinal axis, causes the minispool to rotate about the longitudinal axis. The spiral portion of the drive rod engages the minispool, which includes corresponding structure that tracks the spiral portion. The minispool is restricted from longitudinal travel such that tracking the spiral portion causes the minispool to rotate and the drive rod passes through the minispool. In another form, the minispool can be arranged transverse to the longitudinal axis, with the translation of the drive rod causing the minispool to translate in the same direction of the drive rod. The minispool can include teeth that engage a bracket, such that the translation of the minispool causes the minispool to rotate as it translates.

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AUTOLIV ASP INC3350 AIRPORT ROAD OGDEN UT 84405

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Burrow, Jon Ortonville, US 7 37
Cahill, Tim Dryden, US 3 26
Desmarais, Robert J Washington Township, US 16 382
Smith, Bradley W Plain City, US 133 2718
Verhoven, Robert Harsens Island, US 1 2
Wang, Bin Windsor, US 1095 9516

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