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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
Neal H. Delventhal, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Edgar H. Schlaps, Washington, MI (US);
Neal H. Delventhal, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Edgar H. Schlaps, Washington, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat belt retractor () includes a spool () about which seat belt webbing () is wound. The spool () is supported for rotation in a belt withdrawal direction and in an opposite belt retraction direction. A vehicle sensitive sensor () is responsive to at least one sensed vehicle condition for preventing rotation of the spool () in the belt withdrawal direction. The retractor () also includes a mechanism () for controlling the vehicle sensitive sensor (). The mechanism () includes a ring gear () and a control lever (). The ring gear () has internal gear teeth () and an external surface () having a cam profile. The external surface () of the ring gear () actuates the control lever () to enable and disable the vehicle sensitive sensor ().