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US 8,818,643 B2Granted
Seatbelt device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorShotaro Odate
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Abstract
In this seatbelt device, when a lock release determining device determines that a lock has been released, and a command for driving a motor is output while a wind-up operation is performed by the motor to release the lock, and a priority of the command is equal to or higher than a predetermined level, a control device controls the motor so as to apply tension to a webbing.
Claims8
A seatbelt device installed in a vehicle, comprising:
- a webbing;
- a reel that winds said webbing;
- a motor that drives said webbing via said reel;
- a clutch that can change over between a disconnecting position at which a drive force of said motor is not transmitted to said reel and a connecting position at which said drive force is transmitted to said reel;
- a vehicle condition detecting device that detects a vehicle condition of said vehicle;
- a command output device that outputs a command for driving said motor based on said vehicle condition detected by said vehicle condition detecting device;
- a priority determining device that determines a priority of said command output from said command output device;
- a seatbelt lock device that locks pull-out of said webbing;
- a lock state detecting device that detects a lock state of said webbing by said seatbelt lock device;
- a lock release determining device that determines whether lock of said webbing has been released, after detection of the lock state of said webbing by said lock state detecting device;
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- a control device that controls said motor so as to apply tension to said webbing, when it is determined that said lock has been released by said lock release detecting device, and said command for driving said motor is output while a wind-up operation is being performed by said motor to release the lock of said webbing and the priority of said command is equal to or higher than a predetermined level.
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