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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/236 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/236 ;
Abstract
A seat belt retractor has a housing and a spool in the housing. A toothed ratchet wheel is coupled to the spool. A locking assembly has a lock bar pivotally mounted to the housing and moveable by means of a camming arrangement from an initial position clear of the ratchet wheel to a position whereby the lock bar locks the ratchet wheel to the housing. An adjustment mechanism enables adjustment of the initial position of the lock bar.