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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Key Safety Systems Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/34 (2006.01); B60R 22/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/3413 (2013.01); B60R 2022/285 (2013.01); B60R 2022/288 (2013.01);
Abstract
A belt retractor comprising a safety belt reel () rotatably mounted on a frame () and a load limiter () which acts on a rotational movement of the belt reel () and has a switchable energy consumption, said load limiter having a granulate (), which is enclosed in a closed load limiter chamber () and consists of dry, granular solid, and at least one rotating member () which can be rotated relative to the granulate (), the energy consumption resulting from shear forces acts between the grains of granulate.