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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Gerald Keller, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Lloyd Snyder, Oxford, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gerald Keller, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Lloyd Snyder, Oxford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/28 (2006.01); B65H 75/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seatbelt retractor is disclosed. The seatbelt retractor has a frame, a spindle, a seatbelt webbing and torsion bar. The frame is attached to a structure of a road vehicle. The spindle is rotatably supported by the frame. The seatbelt webbing is wound about the spindle for retraction there to and protraction there from. The torsion bar is fixedly coupled to the spindle for rotation therewith, the torsion bar has a first torsion portion mechanically coupled or press-fitted into a second torsion portion.