BELT RETRACTOR AND METHOD FOR TIGHTENING AN UNUSED VEHICLE BELT
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Abstract
In a belt retractor (10) for a seat belt comprising a belt reel (12) onto which webbing (14) can be wound while being spring-loaded and comprising a tensioning device (16) which is adapted to act on the belt reel (12) in a winding direction (A), a control (18) is provided which is adapted to activate the tensioning device (16) when the seat belt is unloaded and not fastened.
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18 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A method of tensioning a non-used vehicle belt by acting on a belt reel (12) in the winding direction,
wherein a control (18) detects that the seat belt is unloaded and is not fastened by a vehicle occupant and in that subsequently the belt reel (18) is loaded in the winding direction, and wherein the control (18) checks whether the vehicle has been parked and locked up and in that the tensioning is activated only when the vehicle is parked and locked up.
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