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7350736 Systems and methods for controlling spooling of linear material  
Preferred embodiments of the invention comprise an automatic reel capable assisting a user when attempting to unspool a linear material, such as a water hose. The automatic reel includes a control...
7316368 Direct current powered hose rewinding apparatus  
The present invention relates to portable hose carts for handling and storage of flexible hoses, such as garden or air hoses. The cart is primarily constructed of plastic components having a...
7278601 Speed-adjustable life-saving apparatus  
Provided is speed-adjustable life-saving apparatus which comprises a housing, a drum disposed in the housing, a life rope and a resistance wheel hub motor. One end of the life rope is fastened and...
7080801 Belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt  
A belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt comprises a rotatably mounted belt spool, a drive wheel coupled coaxially with the belt spool, an electric motor which can drive the drive wheel at a...
7080800 Controlling method of seat belt retractor  
In controlling a seat belt retractor, at least one of signals selected from a state signal showing a movement of an occupant wearing a seat belt and an external signal obtained from detecting means...
6935590 Sensor for a feedback control system  
A flexible member sensor for detecting motion and tension of a flexible member includes a rigid member pivotally connected to a base, in contact with the flexible member. A sensor detects pivotal...
6908112 Motorized seat belt retractor  
A method of protecting a passenger in a vehicle from a series of collisions. The method includes detecting that the vehicle is in danger of being involved in a first collision; winding up a webbing...
6889931 Webbing winding device and clutch mechanism  
A webbing winding device in which a breadth dimension of a torque limiter is less than an axial direction dimension of an external gear. A rotation disc, the torque limiter or the like is wholly...
6848717 Belt tensioner  
In a belt tensioner of a seat belt in a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, for the return movement of the belt, a return spring is provided which is able to be tensioned by a motor as a...
6848645 Belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt  
A belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt comprises a frame, a belt spool which is rotatably arranged in the frame, and a drive motor which can cooperate with a drive wheel which is coupled with...
6802336 Hose reel apparatus  
The hose reel apparatus includes a tube motor having a housing that at one end is bolted to a mounting bracket leg to extend within the reel drum and a motor shaft extending within and connected to...
6772973 Seat belt retractor  
A seat belt retractor includes a base frame, a spool having a spool shaft journalled to the base frame, a webbing wound around the spool, a return spring connected to the spool for winding the...
6726249 Motorized seat belt retractor  
A motorized seat belt retractor configured to be activated in response to a signal generated by a dangerous state detection device indicating that a vehicle is in a dangerous state. The retractor...
6722603 Powered fish tape reel system  
A powered fish tape reel system for efficiently pushing and drawing fish tape within an elongate tubular structure. The powered fish tape reel system includes a hub member for receiving and...
6669135 Reel arrangement with detachable drive means  
A reel ( 10 ), particularly for an electric cable ( 12 ), has a rotatable drum ( 14 ) supported at ( 16 ) and optionally swivel-mounted on a plinth ( 30 ) or other member. A removable motor module...
6655743 Electronically controlled seat belt module  
The seat belt module is electronically controlled using magneto-rheological fluid. A CPU delivers a signal to an electromagnetic coil within the module at the beginning of a crash to cause the...
6604597 Seat belt retractor with switching means  
A seat belt retractor includes a base frame, a spool journalled to the base frame, a webbing wound around the spool, and a motor for rotating the spool. A speed-reduction mechanism is interposed...
6595453 Method of controlling the torque developed at a belt shaft of a belt retractor coupled to an electric motor  
The torque developed at a belt shaft of a belt retractor coupled to an electric motor via a drive belt is controlled so as to avoid a hysteresis. For this purpose, the direction of rotation of the...
6572048 Seat belt retractor with double retraction system  
A seat belt retractor for retracting a seat belt is formed of a first motor for retracting a seat belt with a force not providing a pressing feeling to a passenger, a second motor having a torque...
6554092 Seatbelt device  
Provided is a seatbelt device capable of realizing a comfortable seatbelt-wearing environment as well as appropriately securing and protecting a passenger. The seatbelt device is further capable of...
6454202 Cable storage apparatus and cable processing method  
A reel which is driven by a motor is disposed in a casing. First and second restraining mechanisms for restraining movement of a cable are located at first and second openings formed in the casing...
6447012 Belt retractor system  
A belt retractor for an occupant restraint system comprises a frame, a belt reel rotatably mounted in the frame, an electric motor drive coupled to the belt reel, a locking mechanism for...
6435443 Equipment for use on covering a sports stadium  
A covering equipment for use on sports arenas for protection against precipitation is shown. The equipment comprises a driving motor ( 6, 9 ) and a longitudinal drum ( 14 ) for coiling and...
6328244 Easy arm  
The Easy Arm Cable Winder Adapter is a labor and time saving device which allows small diameter cables to be retrieved and wound with an electric drill. The electric drill provides the torque...
6149096 Reel  
A reel (10) for cable (21) has a drum (24) onto which the cable (21) may be wound. An electric motor (41) can turn the drum (24) to pull cable (21) in but the drum (24) can also pivot at (65) when...
6142406 Method and system for controlling a coiled tubing arch  
The present invention, in certain embodiments, discloses a method for controlling an arch portion of coiled tubing above an injector for injecting the coiled tubing into a bore, the method...
5899415 Personnel guided aerial delivery device  
A personnel guided aerial delivery device is disclosed which can be used to safely and precisely deliver personnel, cargo, or a combination of both from an aircraft in flight, to a precise target...
5887815 Cable winding device for electrically powered mining vehicles  
An electrical cable management device for use in mining and other applications where there are size restrictions on equipment. The device is a round stationary drum, around which travels a carriage...
5797560 Method and device for continuously feeding film  
Films to be fed to a photographic printing apparatus are continuously fed one after another without being spliced together. A continuous film feed device has a case, a film core rotatably mounted...
5765774 Seat belt retractor employing ultrasonic motor  
A reel of a seat belt retractor equipped in a automobile for reeling a seat belt is integral with a shaft of an ultrasonic motor. The ultrasonic motor is rotated either one direction or the other...
5762282 Remote retractable lifeline extender  
A remotely controllable retractable lifeline extender having an electric motor attached thereto to provide powered payout and retraction of the lifeline to a user located below. The remote...
5647554 Electric working apparatus supplied with electric power through power supply cord  
An electric working apparatus includes a movable body which is driven by a movement mechanism, and the movable body is provided with a working mechanism such as an articulated robot. The movement...
5556492 Labeling machine having a web velocity compensator device  
The labeling machine for dispensing labels from a continuous web of material to a plurality of articles is provided which includes a supply roll of labels, a dispenser for removing the labels from...
5524302 Method and apparatus of extending and retracting swimming pool covers  
An apparatus for extending and retracting a swimming pool cover includes a motor, a drive shaft connected to the motor, a cover collecting drum attached to the drive shaft and a cable collecting...
5294066 Power cable spooling/unspooling device  
In a device for spooling and unspooling a power cable or the like on relative displacement of two areas connected to each other by the cable or the like, spooling and unspooling of the cable are...
5067184 Cover drum having tapered ends and automatic swimming pool cover  
A cover drum having conically tapered hubs at each end provides a mechanism for adjusting alignment of the pool covers of swimming pool cover systems in which the covers have beaded side edges...
4893037 Motor-driven cable reel assembly  
A motor-driven electric cable reel assembly includes a rotatable cable take-up drum, and an electric motor for driving the drum in a cable take-up direction. The cable reel assembly also includes a...
4842207 Device for detecting and measuring the tension on a cable  
A cable reeling system which provides means to control the tension applied to a cable during rereeling including a reel having an axle supported by members mounted upon a first skid which also...
4787569 Webbing retractor  
A webbing retractor for a vehicle includes a webbing take-up shaft which winds up an occupant restraining webbing with a relatively weak biasing force from a spiral spring, thus reducing the...
4667892 Downrigger up stop  
A downrigger UP stop for powered downriggers used primarily in fishing in which a nonconductive link is located in a cable line to the weight, mass or cannonball. A flow of current through the...
4666102 Cable dispensing and take-up apparatus  
An apparatus for automatically dispensing and taking-up a flexible communications cable such as an optical fiber includes a motor-driven reel which is mounted on a movable member, such as a...
4666097 Method and apparatus for winding seat belt thereof  
A seat belt winding apparatus with a rotation detection unit, for detecting a rotation of a belt winder shaft, and a driving unit, controlled by a detection signal from the rotation detection unit...
4651940 Screen-taking-up device  
The present invention relates to a screen take-up device characterized in that the output from the normal-reverse turn motor of outer-rotor type contained in a screen take-up shaft is transmitted...
4629390 Truck bed unloader  
A device which unloads materials from a vehicle cargo area such as the bed of a pickup truck. A pair of mounting brackets are bolted to opposite sides of the vehicle bed. Pivoted to the brackets...
4624141 Towrope-handling system monitor for waterskiing  
A water-skier towrope-handling system is provided that provides an alarm to the driver of a ski towboat when the skier falls. The alarm is triggered by the release of the towrope handle by the...
4569489 Cable tension control device  
A cable tension control device for an electrically powered mine vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle is of the type having an electric trailing cable wound on a cable reel mounted on the vehicle. The...
4537364 Constant tension cable reel drive  
The present invention provides an improved control system for a driven cable reel mounted on a vehicle wherein the reel is adapted to pay-in and pay-out electrical cable to supply power to the...
4519554 Device for driving a protection awning  
This invention relates to a device for driving a horizontal sheltering awning having one end adapted to be rolled on a first winding shaft and another end adapted to be connected through flexible...
4511097 Automobile seat belt winding device  
An automobile seat belt winding device is disclosed. The device comprises a retractor which has a belt winding shaft. The shaft is driven by a motor, the operation of which is controlled by control...
4504023 Apparatus producing constant cable tension for intermittent demand  
The disclosed apparatus produces constant tension in superconducting electrical cable, or some other strand, under conditions of intermittent demand, as the cable is unreeled from a reel or reeled...
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