ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,343, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).
"Sensor and belt retractor" was invented by Alexander Steidle (Heubach, Germany), Johann Hirsch (Alfdorf, Germany), Friedjof Daimer (Illingen, Germany) and Christian Lux (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes a sensor (12) for activating a vehicle-sensitive locking mechanism (14) of a belt retractor (10), comprising a suspended inertia body (26) and a bearing (28) which supports the inertia body (26), the bearing (28) including a receiving space (58) for receiving lubricant. The invention further describes a belt...