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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Paul Bowman, Calisle, GB;
Alan George Smithson, Corby Hill, GB;
George Brotherson Routledge, Carlisle, GB;
David Smith, Brampton, GB;
Terry Nichol, Dalston, GB;
Paul Bowman, Calisle, GB;
Alan George Smithson, Corby Hill, GB;
George Brotherson Routledge, Carlisle, GB;
David Smith, Brampton, GB;
Terry Nichol, Dalston, GB;
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A U-shaped frame for a seat belt retractor has two spaced arms made from a material of a predetermined thickness and having a cutout in the material of each arm for receiving a lockbar. Each cutout has an edge comprising a land portion for supporting the lockbar, which land portion is of a reduced thickness compared to the thickness of the material of the arms, to present a reduced surface area to the lockbar. The frame may be of pressed steel and the lockbar of die-cast non-ferrous material.