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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1993
Mark C Woydick, Romeo, MI (US);
William L Palmer, Rochester, MI (US);
AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A seat belt retractor (30) comprising: a frame (32) having a base and two parallel side walls (34,36) extending therefrom, each side wall includes an first opening (40 41) therein, a spool (50, 54), rotatably positioned relative to the side walls, first and second disks (92a,b) positioned relative to the spool, a plurality of bars or pins, the first and second disks positioned on opposite sides of the spool, the pins received within cooperating bores in the spool and joining the disks together, a shaft rotationally linked to the disks for providing an axis of rotation of the spool and disks, a locking mechanism for engaging the disks to prevent protraction of safety belt webbing.