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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Specht, Feldafing, DE;
Thomas Kilian, Germ, DE;
Assignee:
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/548 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/548 ;
Abstract
A seat belt retractor with a belt reel upon which the seat belt can be wound and unwound, and a force limiter composed of a deformable material which is arranged between at least one first reel part which can be blocked by a blocking device against rotation and at least one second reel part which is rotatable upon energy consumption of the force limiter, an inertial mass being capable of being coupled to the second reel part for entrainment by means of a coupling which is engaged upon blocking of the first reel part and rotation of the second reel part.