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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1980
Masaru Morinaga, Yamato, JP;
NSK-Warner K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A seat belt retractor provided with an emergency locking mechanism comprises a seat belt retractor body having right and left side plates and a retractor shaft, first and second locking means, a support member having therein pawls adapted to be engaged with said first locking means and a retaining member which are integrally secured to one end of said retractor shaft, a plate mounted on said retaining member such that it is turnable together with said retaining member but is movable relative thereto and a pawl member which is rockingly mounted on said plate for restraint thereof. This seat belt retractor also includes a weight plate adapted to detect an abrupt acceleration of a webbing and designed such that it performs a delayed rotation, by the inertia thereof, with respect to said retaining member when the acceleration of the webbing caused by changes in the extracting speed thereof exceeds a predetermined value.