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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan George Smithson, Carlisle, GB;
David Blackadder, Carlisle, GB;
Joseph Patrick Harte, Maryport, GB;
John Alexander Taylor, Penrith, GB;
Paul Bowman, Carlisle, GB;
Assignee:
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/228 ;
Abstract
A seat belt retractor has a frame with sidewalls and a rotatable spool extending between said sidewalls. The rotatable spool has seat belt webbing wound thereon. A locking pawl engages ratchet teeth on the outer periphery of the spool for arresting rotation of the spool. A secondary locking mechanism locks the spool against rotation.