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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1977
Mitsuo Inukai, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihiro Hayashi, Kasugai, JP;
Abstract
A seatbelt retractor including a means for preventing excessive tightness of the seatbelt during use. The seatbelt retractor including a frame, a seatbelt take-up spool having a torque applied thereto in a wind-up direction and rotatably coupled to the frame, at least one ratchet gear coupled to the take-up spool, a pawl pivotally coupled to the frame and engageable with the pawl gear such that the spool is prevented from winding up when the pawl engages with the ratchet gear, and a means for disengaging the pawl from the ratchet gear when the seatbelt is completely wound on the spool or so long as the seatbelt is being pulled out from the wound up state and for engaging the pawl with the ratchet gear when the seatbelt is being utilized.