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Coupling between the belt shaft of a belt winding unit and a belt tightening rotary drive

EP 0751883 B1 · Applicant: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG

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  • Filed January 18, 1996 and granted September 29, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 18, 2016.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by July 18, 2021.
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FiledJanuary 18, 1996
PublishedJanuary 8, 1997
GrantedSeptember 29, 1999
Term endedJanuary 18, 2016
Application numberEP 96901297
Classification (CPC)B60R22/46

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJan 18, 1996PublishedJan 8, 1997Patent grantedSep 29, 1999Term endedJan 18, 2016

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