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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masakazu Chiba, Susono, JP;
Fumio Matsuoka, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280806 ; 297480 ;
Abstract
A seatbelt tightening device for tightening a seatbelt and removing a sag therefrom in a collision of a motor vehicle, characterized by a rod connected thereto with one end of a seatbelt, a spring for biasing the rod in a direction of tightening the seatbelt, a locking wire for drawing and restraining the rod or spring to a stand-by position against the biasing force of the spring, and means including an electric power source and a collision sensor, for heating and fusion-cutting the locking wire by a current passage from the power source when the collision sensor is turned 'ON'.