Patent ID: 9592791
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A pre-collision vehicle seatbelt retractor for use in repositioning a user of a vehicle seatbelt positioned in a vehicle seat, the seat belt retractor comprising: a seatbelt engaged with a reel connected to a vehicle; a latch selectively and lockingly engaged with the reel to selectively prevent extension of the seatbelt from the reel, the latch movable from an unlatched position spaced from the reel allowing extension of the seatbelt from the reel and a latched position locking the reel preventing further extension of the seatbelt from the reel; a latch actuator engaged with the latch to move the latch from the unlatched position to the latched position upon the vehicle achieving a predetermined threshold level of deceleration or acceleration, the latch actuator is separate and independent of an integral electronic control system of the vehicle; and a detector positioned to detect the latch in one of the latched or unlatched positions, the detector operable to send an output signal to energize a retractor motor to retract the seatbelt toward an unused seatbelt position subsequent to detection of the latch position in the latched position.