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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiromasa Tanji, Kyoto, JP;
Koji Tanaka, Moriyama, JP;
Assignee:
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/548 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/548 ;
Abstract
In a seat belt retractor, when a collision predicting signal is generated from a collision predicting device, a motor rotates counterclockwise, and a pawl is thereby raised via a lever so as to move to a position contacting saw-blade teeth of a ratchet gear. In this state, when a rotational force is applied in the seatbelt-extraction direction, the rotation is prevented. On the other hand, the rotation in the seatbelt-retraction direction can be performed by pushing down the pawl with a diagonal portion of the saw-blade tooth of the ratchet gear.