Ford Motor Company Limited

Gse, Inc.

Keith R Waineo

Martin L Bray

Kenneth A Freeman

Timothy K Willis

David E Scroggie

A passive restraint system includes a torso belt automatically securing a vehicle occupant by moving from a forward position along a track to a rearward position to secure the occupant. A belt carrier carries one end of the torso belt along the track while the other end of the torso belt is retained on a belt retractor. Inadvertent latching of the retractor latching mechanism during movement of the belt carrier to the rearward position may cause stalling of the belt carrier. A manual retrigger is provided whereby the vehicle occupant may reinitiate the movement of the belt carrier once the latched belt is released.

Control for automotive passive restraint system with manual retrigger

An improved motorized passive seatbelt system for an automotive vehicle includes an intertia responsive switch mounted on the vehicle which operates to prevent operation of the motor to move the seatbelt from an occupant restraining position to a free position when a predetermined impact occurs.

Passive restraint control system

Techniques are disclosed for supplying positive and negative voltages to electrical components in a system where power demand from the components needing voltage of one polarity is different from the power demand from components needing voltage of the other polarity. At least two batteries of substantially the same capacity are connected in series and used to supply the positive and negative voltages to the system components. In order to permit the batteries to be recharged simultaneously in series without damage to them the interconnection between the batteries and the loads are alternately reversed so that the batteries will discharge at substantially the same rate.

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Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

Keith R Waineo