摘要 |
An automatic locking safety belt takeup reel includes a U- shaped bracket supporting a spring biased belt rewind reel having ratchets at opposite ends and a shaft supported by the bracket carries pawls movable into and out of engagement with the ratchets with the rocking of the shaft. A solenoid mounted on the bracket cross-piece actuates an armature connected by a lost motion link to a crank arm on the shaft. The solenoid is connected to a voltage source through an inertia or attitude sensing switch to energize the solenoid and lock the reel by the pawl and ratchet engagement open tilting or rapid deceleration of the vehicle mounting the switch.
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