US 12,269,419 B2
Seat belt retractor
Taro Yokoyama, Settsu (JP); Satoshi Suminaka, Settsu (JP); Takayoshi Ijiri, Settsu (JP); Noriko Kurauchi, Settsu (JP); Eri Fujiwara, Settsu (JP); and Daiki Hijikata, Settsu (JP)
Assigned to ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Settsu (JP)
Filed by ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Settsu (JP)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/600,253.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-073131 (JP), filed on Apr. 27, 2023; and application No. 2024-028050 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2024/0359655 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 22/46 (2006.01); B60R 22/343 (2006.01); B60R 22/28 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/4676 (2013.01) [B60R 22/343 (2013.01); B60R 2022/287 (2013.01); B60R 22/4628 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seat belt retractor comprising:
a housing including a pair of side walls facing each other;
a winding drum configured to wind up a webbing, the winding drum being housed between the pair of side walls so as to be rotatable in a winding direction and a pull-out direction of the webbing, the winding drum having a center hole opened at least in a first end surface;
a locking base disposed to face the first end surface of the winding drum, the locking base being prevented from being rotated in the pull-out direction, in an emergency of a vehicle, a male screw being formed on an outer circumferential surface of a shaft portion, of the locking base, coaxial with the winding drum;
an impact energy absorbing member including one end side coupled to the winding drum and the other end side coupled to the locking base, the impact energy absorbing member connecting the winding drum and the locking base so as to be integrally rotatable in a normal state, and the impact energy absorbing member being configured to be plastically deformed in a case where a pull-out force of the webbing exceeds a predetermined value in a state where the locking base is prevented from being rotated in the pull-out direction, so as to absorb impact energy while allowing relative rotation between the winding drum and the locking base;
an impact energy absorbing wire housed in a slot provided in the winding drum so as to form an opening in the first end surface of the winding drum, a head portion of the impact energy absorbing wire that protrudes from the opening of the slot being attached to the locking base, the impact energy absorbing wire being configure to be pulled out from the opening while being plastically deformed in a case where the winding drum and the locking base are relatively rotated, so as to absorb the impact energy;
a ring provided integrally with or separately from the locking base, the ring being configured to be coaxially rotatable relative to the winding drum, the impact energy absorbing wire pulled out from the opening being wound around an outer circumference of the ring; and
a stopper member being held in the center hole without being rotatable relative to the winding drum and so as to be movable in an axial direction of the winding drum, the stopper member being screwed onto the male screw of the locking base, and the stopper member being configured to define an allowable amount of relative rotation between the winding drum and the locking base in a case where the impact energy absorbing member absorbs the impact energy,
wherein the stopper member is configured to be movable while being located radially inside the ring.