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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Trw Automotive Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;
Thomas Kielwein, Eschach, DE;
Frederic Michel, Schwäbisch Gmund, DE;
TRW Automotive GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
On a belt retractor () for a vehicle seat belt comprising a frame () provided with plural locking teeth (), a belt reel () which is rotatably supported in the frame () and includes a locking tooth system () corresponding to the locking teeth (), and comprising a locking mechanism adapted to transfer the belt reel () from a home position in which it is freely rotatable into a locking position in which the locking tooth system () of the belt reel () engages in the locking teeth () of the frame (), wherein at least one pivoting control lever () is provided in which one side of the belt reel () is rotatably supported and which is adapted to guide the belt reel () from the home position into the locking position, an interlock mechanism is provided which releases the pivoting movement of the control lever () not before the latter has been rotated in the unwinding direction (A) of the webbing out of a home position into a release position.