Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load limiting retractor with hall effect switch
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Application No.: US14747012Application Date: 2015-06-23
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Publication No.: US10086794B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Dean M. Jaradi , Mohammed Omar Faruque , Iskander Farooq , Robert William McCoy
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60R22/343
- IPC: B60R22/343 ; B60R22/46 ; B60R22/10

Abstract:
A seatbelt retractor assembly includes a disk having a cam surface and a cam follower surface. A lever that engages the cam surface when the lever is in a disengaged position and engages the cam follower surface when the lever is in an engaged position. The lever moves from the disengaged position to the engaged position in accordance with rotation of the disc. A Hall effect switch detects whether the lever is in the disengaged position or the engaged position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160375857A1 LOAD LIMITING RETRACTOR WITH HALL EFFECT SWITCH Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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