Patent ID: 6969089

Claim:
A belt force limiter for a vehicle, comprising: a rotatable spool for winding and unwinding a belt; a torsion bar which is fastened at one end to the spool and at the other end is mounted for rotation on the vehicle; a locking device to block rotation of the torsion bar; a pin for releasably inhibiting a rotation of the spool; a flange which is attached to the spool and which is adapted to rotate with and relative to the spool, wherein the torsion bar is attached at one end to the spool and at the other end to the flange, wherein the locking device is adapted to block rotation of the flange, wherein the pin is positioned in a cavity and releasably inhibits rotation of the spool relative to the flange, and wherein the flange includes a curved slot, which runs substantially around an axis of rotation of the flange, for accommodating the pin.