Patent ID: 7815006

Claim:
A seat belt winding method for a seat belt apparatus having a motor for winding up a seat belt, the method comprising: a start signal detecting step of detecting a start signal for actuating said motor; a starting step of actuating said motor according to the start signal; an overload detecting step of detecting the occurrence of an overload on said motor in operation; a stopping step of stopping said motor when overload is detected; a waiting step of keeping said motor in the stopped state for a certain period of time; a storage checking step of checking whether or not the winding of said seat belt is completed after a lapse of said certain period of time; and a restart determining step of proceeding to said starting step when the winding of the seat belt is not completed and counting up number of times said motor is restarted to terminate the winding operation of said seat belt when the number of times said motor is restarted reaches a predetermined value.