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US 9,789,848 B2Granted
Seat-belt retractor assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Mohammed Shenaq
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Abstract
A restraint system includes a housing, a spool, a disc, a cutter, a plate, and an actuator. The spool is rotatably coupled to the housing. The disc is fixed to the spool. The cutter is moveable along a path from a spaced position away from the disc to a cutting position adjacent the disc. The plate is moveable between an engaged position extending in the path and a disengaged position spaced from the path. The actuator is coupled to the plate.
Claims20
A restraint system comprising:
- a housing;
- a spool rotatably coupled to the housing;
- a cutter moveable along a path from a spaced position spaced from the spool to a cutting position adjacent the spool;
- a plate moveable between an engaged position extending in the path and a disengaged position spaced from the path;
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- an actuator coupled to the plate.
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A restraint system comprising:
- a housing;
- a spool rotatably coupled to the housing;
- a cutter moveably coupled to the housing;
- an actuator coupled to the housing;
- a plate moveably coupled to the actuator from an engaged position adjacent the cutter to a disengaged position spaced from the cutter;
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- a sensor in communication with the actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.