Seat belt retractor with energy absorbing lock wheels

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1994-12-21

1996-07-09

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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B60R 2236

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055337562

ABSTRACT:
A safety restraint system comprising: a safety belt system for restraining an occupant comprising: a safety belt; a retractor for protracting and retracting the safety belt, a shoulder belt support for supporting the shoulder belt portion of the safety belt; a pretensioner for providing, subsequent to activation, a preload tensile force in the shoulder belt portion in excess of a first low limit value of about 50 pounds; a load limiter for limiting the loads imparted by the shoulder belt portion to an occupant, operative after the preload acts on the shoulder belt portion, including first means for introducing a predetermined amount of slack in the shoulder belt when the belt tension is above a second low limit value and for preventing such slack introduction when belt tension is lower than such second low limit value.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3790099 (1974-02-01), Beller
patent: 3927846 (1975-12-01), Meissner
patent: 3952967 (1976-04-01), Barile et al.

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