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Pretensioner

A pretensioner for a vehicle safety restraint arrangement, the pretensioner comprising a piston mounted in a guide chamber for translational movement tangentially to a spool shaft, so that in travelli…

DRIVE·Jan 19·1 min read

B60R22/4633 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Device for controlling a vehicle occupant restraint system

A device regulates or controls an occupant restraint system of a motor vehicle in dependence on a pulling force acting on a seat belt (21). The force is measured between a subassembly (28, 29; 20, 34)…

DRIVE·Sep 8·1 min read

B60R21/013 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Airbag deployment rate sensor with spool brake

An airbag deployment rate sensor employs a tape or string (34) that is wound on a spool (26; 112) and connected to the fabric of an airbag (17) so that as the airbag deploys, tape or string is pulled …

DRIVE·Aug 11·2 min read

B60R21/01504 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Retractor

A U-shaped frame (1) for a vehicle safety restraint retractor comprising two spaced arms (9) made from a material of a predetermined thickness and having a cut-out (2) in the material of each arm (9) …

DRIVE·Jul 7·1 min read

B60R22/36 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Airbag deployment velocity sensor

An airbag module (20) utilizes tape dispensing cartridges (40; 94; 138). A tape end extends from each cartridge to the inside surface of an airbag (22). As the airbag inflates, tape (36) is drawn from…

DRIVE·Jun 23·2 min read

B60R21/01504 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Retractor

A locking unit locks a spool (1) to a lock wheel (6) against rotation on sensing a crash, a force limiter allowing further pay-out of the seat belt webbing after the spool has locked under the influen…

DRIVE·Apr 7·1 min read

B60R22/3413 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Calibration spring adjuster and method of spring calibration

A calibration spring tension adjuster for a seat belt tension sensor comprising a fixed part (1), a movable part (2), a calibration spring (3), and a holder (4), wherein the fixed part (1) and the mov…

DRIVE·Mar 3·2 min read

B60R21/01556 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Device for tensioning a seat belt

An automotive seat belt cable (2) is tightened by a drive (6) acting along a first axis (3) and then through an angled guide through a second axis linked (5) to the belt. The angle through which the c…

DRIVE·Dec 17·1 min read

B60R22/1951 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Pretensioner

A pretensioner for a vehicle safety restraint comprising a piston (2), a cylinder (1) housing the piston (2), a force reservoir (12), activatable when a crash is sensed, to drive the piston (2) along …

DRIVE·Dec 17·1 min read

B60R22/4633 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Low onset dual stage hybrid inflator

A low onset dual stage hybrid inflator (10) has a diffuser subassembly (22), a gas generator subassembly (23), and a pressure vessel (12). The dual stage inflator offers a variety of different output …

DRIVE·Dec 17·2 min read

B60R21/26 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Controlling head rest according to vehicle occupant size

A vehicle seat and a seat headrest (34) are adjustable to accommodate vehicle occupants of varying heights. The headrest, height and seat position are adjusted together by connecting the headrest driv…

DRIVE·Dec 10·1 min read

B60N2/0252 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Improved curtain air bag assembly

A side curtain air bag assembly (30) is provided, which has an inlet (44) configured to receive inflation gas, a plurality of inflatable chambers; and a distribution tube (100) in fluid communication …

DRIVE·Nov 26·2 min read

B60R21/21 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Airbag cover with attached plastic badge

An airbag cover (20) has an elastomeric body with a front surface (22) and a rear surface (24). The elastomeric body has an opening (40) extending between the front and rear surfaces and a plurality o…

DRIVE·Nov 19·2 min read

B60R21/20 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Front passenger airbag

An airbag module has an inflator (350) with at least one exit port (352) located on one side of a body. Inflation gas exiting the exit port includes an axial component of flow, which exits the exit po…

DRIVE·Nov 5·2 min read

B60R21/23 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Web sensor

A web sensor for a vehicle safety restraint retractor comprising an inertia member (1), a locking pawl (6) and a lockcup (4), the inertia member (1) being eccentrically pivotally mounted to the lockcu…

DRIVE·Oct 15·1 min read

B60R22/34 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Seat belt force sensor

A seat belt force-sensing mechanism (20) has a housing with first (22) and second (24) housing members. A slidable plate (26) is positioned between plate portions of the first and second housing membe…

DRIVE·Oct 8·2 min read

B60R21/0155 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Module with airbag and external tether

An airbag module (20) has an inflator (22) and folded airbag (24). The airbag is capable of inflating upon receipt of inflation gas. A tether (30) has first portion (32) fixedly attached in relation t…

DRIVE·Oct 8·1 min read

B60R21/16 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Driver side airbag with particle diverter

An airbag module assembly comprising: an inflator (250) having at least one exit port (270) with a thin layer of burst material (272) blocking the at least one exit port (270), the burst material (272…

DRIVE·Sep 17·2 min read

B60R21/16 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Improved web guide

A seat belt system including a web guide (150) having a support surface (192) for supporting a portion of a seat belt (30). The shape of the support surface is based upon the natural curvature of the …

DRIVE·Aug 27·1 min read

B60R22/26 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Switch assembly mounted in a steering wheel

A switch assembly (26D) has a switch cap (130) engageable with an airbag cover (24). A switch connector (133) has an extension portion (139) made from an electrically conductive material. A switch bas…

DRIVE·Aug 27·1 min read

B60Q5/003 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Safety restraint

A vehicle safety restraint seat belt incorporating a load limiting effect to allow a limited and controlled forward motion of the occupant after the retractor has locked to decrease the forces exerted…

DRIVE·Aug 20·2 min read

B60R22/28 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Method of folding an airbag

A process and a device (10) for folding an airbag (26) of an airbag module (12) operates with the steps of: arranging the airbag (26) and a base plate (22) on a receiver (14) of a folding device (10),…

DRIVE·Aug 6·1 min read

B60R21/20 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Airbag module

An airbag module has a housing with side walls (6), a base plate (8), on which an inflator is mounted, as well as a cover plate mounted on the free ends of the side walls (6) for closing the airbag mo…

DRIVE·May 28·1 min read

B60R21/2035 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Seat belt retractor

A seat belt retractor, having a belt reel 1 for a seat belt webbing (2) and a load limiter (3) which has a flowable load-limiter medium (16) that is transported through a flow channel, by a displaceme…

DRIVE·May 28·1 min read

B60R22/3413 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Seat belt retractor

A seat belt retractor with a belt reel (3) for the seat belt webbing, a load limiter which is designed as a hydraulic pump (7) allows limited extraction of belt webbing with energy absorption when the…

DRIVE·May 21·1 min read

B60R22/28 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Method and device for determining the load on a vehicle occupant

A method and occupant restraint system for a motor vehicle, in which the webbing movement of a seat belt wound on a belt reel (1) caused by the strapped-in vehicle occupant is scanned and correspondin…

DRIVE·May 21·1 min read

B60R21/01548 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Seat belt tongue with handle

To improve the grasp on the tongue (1) of a seat belt, a handle (5, 19) extends from the seat belt tongue in the forward direction of the seat belt and is attached in a rotating manner to the central …

DRIVE·May 14·1 min read

B60R22/023 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Web guide for a sealt belt

A web guide (26) for a seat belt has a load-bearing member (40) and a roller rotationally supported in relation to the load-bearing member. A one-way clutch is designed to prohibit the roller (50) fro…

DRIVE·May 7·1 min read

B60R22/12 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Driver side airbag with baffle

An airbag has a baffle (2) and a heat shield (6). The baffle contains an opening (1), which is aligned with at least one-half of the inflator opening (4) and having an area that is at minimum one-half…

DRIVE·May 7·1 min read

B60R21/16 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Airbag module

An airbag module has at least one airbag housing (2), which can be locked with a receiving device in a motor vehicle and in which at least one inflator (4) and a folded airbag are arranged, whereby on…

DRIVE·May 2·1 min read

B60R21/2037 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Airbag module

The invention relates to an airbag module having at least a housing (2) and an inflator (18), in which the inflator (18) is pushed into a securing device (12) on the housing in a longitudinal directio…

DRIVE·Apr 9·1 min read

B60R21/2171 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Seat belt retractor with automatic locking mechanism

According to the present invention there is provided a retractor (1) comprising a rotatably mounted spool (3) for supporting seat belt webbing, an emergency locking mechanism for selectively locking t…

DRIVE·Apr 2·2 min read

B60R22/343 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Frequency addressable ignitor control device

A frequency addressable ignitor control device utilizes electronic bandpass filters (108) tuned to a unique center frequency and bandwidth for each ignitor (112 - 115). Energy generated by the system'…

DRIVE·Mar 26·2 min read

B60R21/017 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Seat belt retractor

A retractor for a vehicle safety restraint comprises: a spool, rotatably mounted in a frame, for storing seat belt webbing, a ratchet wheel rotatably mounted to rotate with the spool, a control member…

DRIVE·Mar 26·2 min read

B60R22/40 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Airbag device for a motor vehicle

An airbag device for a motor vehicle has an airbag (1) that is deployed upon inflation with a gas from a folded state into the vehicle interior. An inflation device (2) supplies gas for inflating the …

DRIVE·Mar 19·1 min read

B60R21/01 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Retractor for a seat belt of a vehicle

A seat belt retractor of a vehicle with a belt reel (1) for the seat belt has a frame (2) with two frame legs (9, 10) in which a belt reel is rotatably mounted. A torque rod (4) is arranged in the bel…

DRIVE·Feb 26·2 min read

B60R22/3413 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Energy-absorbing anchor, D-ring, turning loop or web guide

An energy absorbing web guide assembly (20) comprising: a web guide (22) for slidingly supporting a section of a seat belt; and a pair of mounting fasteners (30, 50) for mounting the web guide to a mo…

DRIVE·Feb 12·1 min read

B60R21/055 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Horn actuating device for a motor vehicle steering wheel

A horn actuating device for a vehicle steering wheel comprises a plurality of helical springs (14) which return an airbag module to a raised resting position. Each helical spring (14) has a free upper…

DRIVE·Feb 5·1 min read

B60Q5/003 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Retractor

The invention provides for a retractor comprising a spool (1), for carrying seat belt webbing (21), rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis and biased in a webbing (21) rewinding direction, a toot…

DRIVE·Jan 29·2 min read

B60R22/34 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]

Fastening element for a curtain airbag

A fastening element (10) for a curtain airbag (2) has a locking device (24, 26) that can be locked onto a vehicle, in particular in a recess (20) in a vehicle part (22) in a detachable manner. A secti…

DRIVE·Jan 29·1 min read

B60R21/232 BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECH [US]