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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2024
Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd., Settsu, JP;
Taro Yokoyama, Settsu, JP;
Satoshi Suminaka, Settsu, JP;
Takayoshi Ijiri, Settsu, JP;
Noriko Kurauchi, Settsu, JP;
Eri Fujiwara, Settsu, JP;
Daiki Hijikata, Settsu, JP;
ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Settsu, JP;
Abstract
A seat belt retractor includes a housing including a pair of side walls facing each other, a winding drum configured to wind up a webbing, a locking base being prevented from being rotated in the pull-out direction, in an emergency of a vehicle, an impact energy absorbing member connecting the winding drum and the locking base so as to be integrally rotatable in a normal state, an impact energy absorbing wire housed in a slot provided in the winding drum so as to form an opening in the first end surface of the winding drum, a ring provided integrally with or separately from the locking base, and a stopper member being configured to define an allowable amount of relative rotation between the winding drum and the locking base in a case where the impact energy absorbing member absorbs the impact energy.