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US 4,273,301 AGranted
Seat belt retractor with emergency release and reduced spooling
AssigneeAllied Chemical Corporation
InventorJohn W. Frankila
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Abstract
A seat belt retractor including a locking member, a release member to move the locking member out of its locked position and a web clamp which is engageable with seat belt webbing on the retractor to limit the spooling effect. A handle actuated mechanism actuates the release member to unlock the retractor and renders the clamp ineffective, whereby the retractor is rendered free spooling.
Claims20
A seat belt retractor comprising:
- seat belt storage means;
- seat belt webbing stored on said storage means and adapted to be extracted from and rewound onto said storage means;
- locking means operable to lock said retractor against movement in a direction permitting extraction of said webbing from said storage means;
- release means actuatable for releasing said locking means;
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- clamp means effective to limit withdrawal of said webbing from said storage means, and means responsive to actuation of said release means to render said clamp means ineffective to limit withdrawal of said webbing from said storage means following actuation of said release means.
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