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US 2024/0227724 A9Published application
Load limiting seatbelt retractor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
A seatbelt retractor includes a frame and a spool having a first end and a second end each rotatably supported by the frame. The spool is elongated on an axis from the first end to the second end. The seatbelt retractor includes a plurality of torsion posts fixed to the frame. The seatbelt retractor includes a locking device operatively coupled between the spool and the plurality of torsion posts.
Claims19
A seatbelt retractor comprising:
- a frame;
- a spool having a first end and a second end each rotatably supported by the frame, the spool being elongated on an axis from the first end to the second end;
- a plurality of torsion posts fixed to the frame;
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- a locking device operatively coupled between the spool and the plurality of torsion posts.
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