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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1987
Filed:
May. 19, 1986
Hideyuki Nagashima, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
In a seat belt retractor including a housing, a take-up shaft rotatably mounted to the housing, a spring for biasing the take-up shaft in a belt retracting direction, a gear mechanism operatively connected to the belt take-up shaft, a tensionless mechanism operatively connected to the gear mechanism and operable to prevent the take-up shaft from rotating in the belt retracting direction and a motor actuated slack control mechanism operatively connected to the gear mechanism and operable to rotate the belt take-up shaft, there is provided a control unit constructed of a computer in which under normal driving posture of a driver (or belt wearer), an appropriate belt slack is automatically provided depending upon a vehicle speed, and upon posture change of the driver for reverse driving of the vehicle, a tensionless state is established in the retractor with the seat belt which has been drawn out by a certain amount due to the posture change of the driver.