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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Walter Scherzinger, Ulm, DE;
Roland Schnabl, Ulm, DE;
Thomas Schwer, Illertissen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosed seat belt tensioner may comprise a drive motor, a gear connected to the drive motor, and a seat belt spindle connected to the gear by a spindle clutch. The spindle clutch may have spindle clutch pawls, which engage in pawl teeth of the seat belt spindle to couple the seat belt spindle and the gear. The spindle clutch may also comprise a synchronization pawl configured to alit the pawl teeth before the spindle clutch pawls engage in the pawl teeth.