Patent ID: 8303043
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant restraint system for use in a vehicle, the occupant restraint system comprising: a flexible and elongate web configured to extend across at least a portion of an occupant seated in the vehicle; an electrically actuated web retractor operably coupled to a proximal end portion of the web, wherein the electrically actuated web retractor includes: an acceleration sensor operably coupled to the electrically actuated web retractor, wherein the acceleration sensor is configured to send an electrical signal to the web retractor in response to a vehicle acceleration above a preset magnitude, wherein, in response to receiving the electrical signal from the acceleration sensor, the electrical actuator is configured to retract the web, and further wherein, in response to receiving the electrical signal from the acceleration sensor, the solenoid is configured to prevent the spool from paying out the web.