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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Shotaro Odate, Wako, JP;
Yoshitaka Suzuki, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Shotaro Odate, Wako, JP;
Yoshitaka Suzuki, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/343 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seatbelt apparatus for a vehicle includes a control device for controlling an amount of electric current fed to a motor for winding a seatbelt. The control device controls the motor such that a predetermined amount of electric current is applied to the motor in a behavioral state of the vehicle requiring emergency measures, and such that when the seatbelt is wound a predetermined amount, the predetermined amount of winding is maintained.