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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2022
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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/38 (2006.01); B60R 22/28 (2006.01); B60R 22/34 (2006.01); B60R 22/405 (2006.01); B60R 22/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/38 (2013.01); B60R 2022/287 (2013.01); B60R 2022/3421 (2013.01); B60R 22/405 (2013.01); B60R 22/4676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seatbelt retractor includes a frame and a spool having a first end and a second end each rotatably supported by the frame. The spool is elongated on an axis from the first end to the second end. The seatbelt retractor includes a plurality of torsion posts fixed to the frame. The seatbelt retractor includes a locking device operatively coupled between the spool and the plurality of torsion posts.