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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2000
Joseph Patrick Harte, Maryport, GB;
Kenneth Williamson, Carlisle, GB;
Steve Marshall, Low Seaton, GB;
Gerrit Kooy, Kaufering, DE;
Peter Jungbauer, Unterbernbach, DE;
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat belt retractor has a frame, a spool rotatably mounted to the frame and a spool locking device for locking the spool against rotation. The spool locking device includes actuating means for actuating the locking device. The actuating means is a support carrying a mass and a pawl, the mass being arranged to move from an initial position to an actuating position to actuate the pawl into engagement with the ratchet on the spool. The actuating means is an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the distance between the pawl and the ratchet. The adjustment mechanism may adjust the support relative to a housing, and adjust the tip of the pawl relative to the pawl body or a deformable pawl tip.