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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1997
Gerald Keller, Shelby Township, MI (US);
H John Miller, III, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Jon E Burrow, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An energy absorbing seat belt retractor having a frame, a locking mechanism to initially stop a spool from rotating in a belt protraction direction, the spool rotationally supported relative to the frame, a seat belt wound about the spool, and bias means to retract the seat belt, a mechanism means for permitting the spool to rotate in the belt protraction direction subsequent to being locked including a wire pulling device which pulls a formed wire member through a tortuous path and in so doing generates a reaction force to control the manner in which the spool rotates.