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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsushi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Mitsuaki Katsuno, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki-Kaisha, Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2421 / ; 2421 / ;
Abstract
A conventional type of seat belt retractor having a pendulum control to lock protraction of belt webbing in event of vehicle impact is modified to provide also manual control of webbing protraction by including a lever unit that can engage a pawl of the ratchet wheel mechanism that locks the shaft on which the webbing winds and a coil spring or similar member that resiliently connects the lever unit to the pawl. The modified seat belt retractors are useful in locking baggage, child seats or the like on the vehicle seat.