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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1991
Filed:
May. 30, 1990
Donald A DiPaola, Mount Clemens, MI (US);
Allied-Signal Inc., Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Abstract
A safety belt system (22) comprising: a dual spool retractor assembly (30) including first and second retractors, each retractor including safety belt webbing (32), a wheel (50), an interlock mechanism (54) for coacting with the wheel (50) to prevent the extension of the webbing, the retractor assembly further includes first and second levers (60a,b, 80a, b) one associated with each retractor, activated by an occupant, to manually release a corresponding interlock mechanism for its corresponding wheel to permit extension of the webbing; a switch assembly (100) mounted to the dual retractor assembly (30) comprising a single electrical switch (106) for generating a signal indicative of the position of the levers (60,80); a carrier (102) mounted to the dual retractor assembly (30) for mounting the switch (106) and for supporting actuation bar (104), the actuation bar (104) rotatingly and slidingly supported within the carrier (102) for selectively enabling and disabling the switch.