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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
John A. Townsend, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Mohamed E. M. El-Sayed, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Arthur L. Guertin, Rockwood, MI (US);
Paul J. Delorean, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
John E. Campbell, Hazel Park, MI (US);
Michael P. Kaczmar, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Joalto Design, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A restraint belt presenter assembly includes a restraint belt engaging member that is selectively driven by a track drive mechanism to catch and pull a restraint belt from its unused position to a presentation position for grasping by a vehicle occupant. The restraint belt engaging member includes a housing having an L-shaped slot that receives a finger assembly wherein the finger assembly has a rotary offset with locking movement for maintaining the finger assembly in an actuating position.