ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,370, issued on May 5, was assigned to AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Self-locking belt retractor" was invented by Julian Strauss (Elmshorn, Germany), Markus Hueg (Hamburg, Germany) and Arne Bargmann (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-locking belt retractor comprising a belt shaft which is rotatably mounted in a frame, wherein a safety belt can be wound up said belt shaft, a blocking device which blocks the belt shaft if a predetermined feed-out acceleration of the safety belt in the feed-out direction of the safety belt is exceeded, and comprising a control disc device mounted on the belt shaft, the co...