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US 2019/0054893 A1Published application
Load-limiting seatbelt retractor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Tien Vo, Brian Robert Spahn, Benjamin Yilma
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Abstract
A seatbelt retractor includes a housing and a spool rotatably supported by the housing. A torsion bar has a first end and a second end. The first end of the torsion bar is fixed to the spool, and the second end of the torsion bar is fixable relative to the housing. The seatbelt retractor includes a magnet and a rotor disposed adjacent the magnet. One of the magnet and the rotor being fixed relative to the spool and the other of the magnet and the rotor being rotatable relative to the spool. The rotor includes a conductive material.
Claims19
A seatbelt retractor comprising:
- a housing;
- a spool rotatably supported by the housing;
- a torsion bar having a first end and a second end, the first end being fixed to the spool, and the second end being fixable relative to the housing;
- a magnet and a rotor disposed adjacent the magnet, one of the magnet and the rotor being fixed relative to the spool and the other of the magnet and the rotor being rotatable relative to the spool, the rotor including a conductive material.
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