Patent ID: 7484683

Claim:
A webbing retractor for an elongated, strip-shaped webbing belt used for application to a body of a vehicle occupant riding in a vehicle, the webbing retractor comprising: a frame including only two leg plates, which are disposed so as to face one another, and are connected by a back plate so as to be integral; a spool, which is disposed between the leg plates such that said leg plates bear a rotational load of said spool, and held directly or indirectly to the frame so as to be rotatable around an axis, one end of the webbing belt being anchored to the spool, the spool being for winding of the webbing belt therearound such that the webbing is disposed between the two leg plates; a driving mechanism including a gear train, which is disposed between the leg plates and can be used repeatedly, said driving mechanism having an output shaft which is for rotating the spool in at least a take-up direction by driving the output shaft to rotate in a predetermined direction; a clutch disposed entirely between the leg plates, and mechanically interposed between the output shaft and the spool, for transmitting rotation of the output shaft to the spool; a spiral spring that applies an urging force to the spool in the take-up direction, and a support member connected to said frame and disposed between said leg plates, wherein the entire clutch is disposed directly adjacent to a side of one of the leg plates facing the other of the leg plates, and the spiral spring is disposed at a side of said one of the leg plates which is opposite to a side of said one leg plate that faces the other of the leg plates, and wherein gears of said gear train are rotationally mounted between said one leg plate and said support member.