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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2019
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Mitsuba Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoichi Miyajima, Aki-gun, JP;
Shigeru Sugimoto, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Tsuyoshi Maruyama, Kiryu, JP;
Yohei Inagaki, Kiryu, JP;
Yoshio Shimazaki, Settsu, JP;
Takayoshi Ijiri, Settsu, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A retractor of a seat belt apparatus includes a spool that is configured to wind the seat belt while allowing the seat belt to be pulled out, a motor that includes a shaft coupled to the spool and generates a rotational resistance force against the spool rotating in a direction to pull out the seat belt, the rotational resistance force corresponding to the rotation of the spool and the shaft caused by pulling out of the seat belt, a rotational resistance member that is coupled to the spool and generates a rotational resistance force against the spool rotating in the direction to pull out the seat belt when the seat belt is pulled out in the event of vehicle collision, and a reducing mechanism that reduces the rotation of the spool and transmits a reduced rotation to the shaft.