Patent ID: 7384014
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A seat belt retractor ( 20 ) having ELR and ALR modes of operation, the retractor comprising a sensor pawl ( the retractor also including first and second cam disks configured to rotate about an axis of rotation in correspondence with the rotation of the spool; the axis of rotation for each of the first and second cam disks and that of the spool being colinear; a periphery of each cam disk configured to provide a respective first and second cam surface of varying radial dimension; the second cam surface of the second disk overlaid relative to the first cam disk and configured to selectively obscure portions of the first cam disk as a function of the rotation of the second cam disk, and to selectively permit access to various portions of the first cam surface as a function of the rotation of the second cam disk by presenting a depression in the second cam surface to a cam follower and to prevent access to the first cam surface by presenting another profile in the second cam surface to the cam follower, a spring biased first lever (