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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuo Yamamoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Yoshito Hashimoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 3/100 ;
Abstract
A seatbelt retractor to be mounted in a backrest is provided with a sensor member for actuating a locking mechanism. Depending on an angle of reclining of the backrest, the sensing member is pivotal such that the spatial orientation of the sensing member is adjusted into a suitable orientation. The seatbelt retractor is also provided with one or both of a buffer mechanism and a locking adjusting mechanism to properly actuate the locking mechanism irrespective of the position of the sensing member.