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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2005
Takuhiro Saito, Niwa-gun, JP;
Katsuki Asagiri, Niwa-gun, JP;
Shinji Mori, Niwa-gun, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
To obtain a webbing take-up device that can not only transmit to a take-up shaft only rotation from a motor by a clutch but is also simple and compact. A clutch of this webbing take-up device has a simply configuration where slidersof a clutch body portionare caused by frictional force to be retained in a case, whereby the slidersand lock barsare caused to relatively move and the lock barsare caused by this relative movement to move to positions where they engage with or disengage from a ratchetConsequently, the overall configuration of a clutchcan be made significantly compact (thinned) in comparison to a configuration that causes a pawl to move using an inertial disk that is large and has weight as in a conventional clutch. Thus, the overall configuration of a webbing take-up devicecan be made compact.