Mark J Sawade

US Patent:

20030178836, Sep 25, 2003

Filed:

Mar 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/104157

Inventors:

David Viano - Bloomfield Hills MI, US
Joseph McCleary - Clinton Township MI, US
Edward Jedrzejczak - Brown City MI, US
William Thomas - West Bloomfield MI, US
Richard McCormick - Sterling Heights MI, US
Mark Sawade - Linden MI, US

International Classification:

B60R022/34
B60R022/36
B60R022/46

US Classification:

280/806000, 280/807000, 180/268000, 242/374000

Abstract:

A new and improved seat belt retractor system having an electronic control unit which is adapted to receive a signal from a sensor responsive to the buckling of the seat belt and causes an electric motor acting through a chain drive to drivingly rotate a reel in one direction for providing a predetermined seat belt loading on the seat occupant and that is responsive to the braking of the vehicle under emergency conditions to increase the tensioning of the seat belt to a level that exceeds the predetermined seat belt loading.