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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1994
Russell L Hardy, Sr, New Haven, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat belt webbing retractor (10) includes a frame (40) and a spool (32) on which belt webbing (16) is wound. The spool (32) has a longitudinal axis (64) about which the spool rotates in a belt withdrawal direction (86) and in an opposite belt retraction direction (88). A shaft (34) supports the spool (32) on the frame (40) for rotation about the axis (64). The shaft (34) has at least a pair of tubular portions (154, 156) which extend parallel to the axis (64) and which are longitudinally coextensive along the axis. The tubular portions (154, 156) extend between spaced side walls (48, 50) of the frame (40). The tubular portions (154, 156) provide increased bending strength for the shaft (34).
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