Patent ID: 7784726
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A seatbelt retractor for storing seatbelt webbing that can be utilized to restrain an occupant of a motor vehicle comprising: a retractor frame; a plurality of spools rotatably coupled to the retractor frame and spaced a distance apart from each other, wherein at least a first spool has a substantially different diameter than a second spool, wherein at least a first spool has a substantially different diameter than the other two spools; a track that encircles the plurality of spools and rotates about the plurality of spools; seatbelt webbing having a terminal end secured to an outwardly-exposed surface of the track, wherein the seatbelt webbing can be withdrawn from the seatbelt retractor to extend about an occupant of a seat of the motor vehicle and releasably coupled to a buckle provided to the motor vehicle in a withdrawn state, and collected by the seatbelt retractor in a retracted state, wherein a length of the seatbelt webbing adjacent to the terminal end thereof is collected at least partially around the plurality of spools in the retracted state; a spool biasing assembly for biasing at least one of the plurality of spools in an angular direction, wherein at least one spool rotates when the seatbelt webbing is being retracted from the withdrawn state to the retracted state.