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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
S. M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/41 (2006.01); B60R 22/343 (2006.01); B60R 22/40 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 22/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/41 (2013.01); B60R 22/343 (2013.01); B60R 22/40 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01013 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4666 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a seatbelt retractor having a spool and a braking claw selectively engageable with the spool. The system includes an actuator designed to inhibit engagement of the braking claw with the spool. The system includes a processor and a memory storing program instructions executable by the processor to actuate the actuator to inhibit engagement of the braking claw with the spool for a threshold amount of time after detecting an impact of a vehicle.