Seat belt tightening device
CA 1297465 C · Owner: Tabata, Hiroshi · Inventors: Saruwatari, Hidetoshi; Okuhara, Hisakasu; Tabata, Hiroshi
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A seat belt tightening device for removing slack in a seat belt when the seat belt is required to positively restrain a passenger, comprising clamp members for clamping a part of the seat belt paid out from a retractor device; a winding member for winding thereonto a portion of the seat belt that is located ahead of the part clamped by the clamp means by a rotary motion; and a drive source for causing a rotational motion of the winding member. The winding member may be either integral with one of the clamp members or separate from both of them. Since the slack of the seat belt is removed simultaneously as the seat belt is clamped the passenger is effectively restrained in case of a vehicle …
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- Granted March 17, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 17, 2009.
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