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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1985
Kazuo Sakakibara, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshiaki Shimogawa, Okazaki, JP;
Satosi Kuwakado, Aichi, JP;
Masahiro Iwatsuki, Kariya, JP;
Yuji Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Akinori Fujiwara, Nagoya, JP;
Teruhiko Kawaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Niwa, JP;
Abstract
An emergency locking retractor (ELR) for a safety seat belt system provided with a slack-take-up spring operable to instantaneously bias a belt retracting reel to take-up a slack in the seat belt in an emergency situation of the vehicle. The retractor is further provided with a rewinding mechanism including an electric motor for rewinding the slack-take-up spring after the spring energy thereof has been released. Switching circuits for automatically energizing the electric motor are also possible.