Patent ID: 6068208
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A retractor for use with a seat belt, comprising:a retractor base;a winding shaft rotatable mounted on said retractor base and around which webbing is wound;an engaging member, arranged on at least one end of the winding shaft;an emergency lock mechanism including:an inertia detector to be operated in the case of an emergency movement of a vehicle;a ratchet wheel, connected to the winding shaft and relatively rotatable with respect to the winding shaft about an axis of the winding shaft;a checking mechanism for preventing the rotation of the ratchet wheel in a webbing drawing direction in accordance with the operation of the inertia detector; anda locking mechanism for engaging the engaging member with a portion to be engaged on said retractor base and thus preventing the winding shaft from rotating in the direction of drawing out the webbing from the winding shaft in accordance with the operation of the checking mechanism;a support, on said at least one end of the winding shaft, for supporting the engaging member so that the engaging member can be relatively moved with respect to the winding shaft in the winding shaft rotating direction by a predetermined amount of rotation; anda reverse rotation control mechanism, which rotates the ratchet wheel in a webbing winding direction by the rotation of the winding shaft in the webbing drawing direction relative to said engaging member, the operation of which is caused by rotating the winding shaft in a webbing drawing direction after the engaging member is engaged with said portion to be engaged on the retractor base, to thereby facilitate a cancellation of an end lock state of the retractor.