Load-limiting seatbelt retractor

Abstract

A vehicle including a seatbelt retractor having a frame and a spool. The spool has a first end and a second end each rotatably supported by the frame. The spool is elongated along an axis from the first end to the second end. The seatbelt retractor includes a slider slidably engaged with the frame. The slider is slidable from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The seatbelt retractor includes a post supported by the slider and moveable with the slider between the undeployed position and the deployed position. The post is engaged with the spool in the deployed position and disengaged with the spool in the undeployed position. The seatbelt retractor includes a locking device operatively coupled between the spool and the post to engage the spool with the post.

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