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US 6,318,664 B1Granted
Webbing retractor
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorAkira Sumiyashiki
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Abstract
A sensor holder and a sensor cover are provided at an outer side of a first leg plate of a webbing retractor. Attachment holes formed in the first leg plate and engaging pawls which engage with sensor openings are formed at appropriate portions of a sensor holder. Removal preventing portions are formed at corresponding portions of the sensor cover so as to prevent the engaging pawl from coming out of the attachment hole. Thus, the sensor holder and the sensor cover can be firmly secured to the first leg plate of the frame without using plugs.
Claims6
A webbing retractor comprising:
- a frame which is fixed to a vehicle body, and has a pair of leg plates which rotatably support therebetween a winding shaft for winding in layers a webbing for restraining a vehicle occupant, and which has one or more attachment holes in each of said leg plates;
- a first cover which is disposed at an outer side of said leg plate of said frame and is provided with one or more engaging pawls to be engaged with a peripheral portion of said one or more attachment holes by deforming elastically within a range of an opening width of said attachment hole;
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- a second cover adapted to be secured to said leg plate so as to cover said first cover, and having one or more removal preventing portions to be inserted in the said one or more attachment holes bearing said one or more engaging pawls to prevent said one or more engaging pawls from coming out of the attachment hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.