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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Herbert Blum, Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE;
Bernd Gentner, Ellwangen, DE;
Thomas Kielwein, Eschach, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Aldorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A force limiter is provided on a belt retractor. The belt retractor comprises a belt spool () that is rotatably mounted in a frame () and has at least one flange () and a disk () that can be non-rotatably blocked on the frame. The disk () and the flange () of the belt spool () are adapted to be coupled by a cutting element (). The cutting element (), with a relative rotation between the disk () and the flange (), comes into a coupling position and cuts material when the relative rotation is continued.