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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian Schmidt, Macomb, MI (US);
John Pollard, Imlay City, MI (US);
Assignee:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/41 (2006.01); B60R 22/40 (2006.01); B60R 22/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/41 (2013.01); B60R 22/40 (2013.01); B60R 2022/3402 (2013.01); B60R 2022/401 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seat belt retractor () having a frame with sides () and a cover associated with at least one side, an inertial sensor () positioned between the at least one side of the frame and the cover, a seal located between the cover and the frame side to prevent contaminants from entering a space about the inertial sensor, the inertia sensor including a movable mass () and a magnet () spaced from the mass () to create a magnetic force upon the mass () preventing the magnet from moving excessively if the retractor is subject to predetermined levels of vibration.