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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
William R Fox, Warren, MI (US);
Assignee:
Allied Chemical Corporation, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280802 ; 280803 ; 280807 ; 280808 ; 2421073 ;
Abstract
A dampening device is provided for a seat retractor associated with a passive seat belt system to reduce the rewind speed of the webbing in response to closing of a door of the vehicle. The dampening device is inoperable when the door is opened. The seat belt webbing may be maintained in a non-restraining position and automatically released to its restraining position under a slow rewind speed in response to a condition indicating that the vehicle is operable for locomotion. The dampening device may alternatively be actuated in response to a condition indicating that the vehicle is operable for locomotion.