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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1998
Barney J. Bauer, Fenton, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
A seat belt retractor (,) including a seat belt webbing spool (,) supported for rotation in a belt withdrawal direction (,) and an opposite belt retraction direction (,). A member (,) is supported for rotation relative to the spool (,). The retractor (,) includes means for blocking rotation of the spool (,) in the belt withdrawal direction (,) in response to relative rotation of the member (,) and the spool. The retractor (,) also includes an electrically actuatable clamp (,) movable, upon application of an electric current, between a first condition not clamping the member (,) and a second condition clamping the member and thereby restraining rotation of the member.