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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7523530 | Buckle device A buckle device is provided with a lock plate that engages with a tongue plate that is inserted into the device body and that holds the tongue plate inside the device body, and a lock member that engages with the lock plate and prevents the lock plate from moving to... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7426774 | Buckle device A buckle device including a lock bar pushed by a release button for moving to a second position allowing rotation in a direction to release the engagement of a hook member, and a lock member rotated by a release button toward an unlock position at the time of releas... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7370393 | Seat belt buckle for use with pretensioner A seat belt buckle for use with a tongue of a seat belt includes a latch that engages the tongue, and a release bar that releases the latch. An inertia locking device mounted to a frame portion is normally biased in an unlocking position and rotates to a locking pos... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7320160 | Buckle A buckle (10) including a plug (30) and a socket (20) is provided with a posture-adjuster that adjusts relative postures of the plug (30) and the socket (20) in a direction that leads a longitudinal axis (A2) of the plug... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7155785 | Buckle device and method for assembling the same A buckle device includes a buckle body that includes a bottom plate and a pair of side walls with a tongue plate being inserted and retained between the side walls, and a release button that includes an operation portion that is push-operated along the insertion dir... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146653 | Side buckle structure of swimming goggles A side buckle structure of swimming goggles includes a side buckle casing, a press-button seat, a press button, and a head strap. The side buckle casing has a press-button hole, and the press-button seat has a latching hook, a strap hole, placing holes, and elastic ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124481 | Buckle device A buckle device capable of reducing an impact noise generated when a tongue plate (2) is inserted and eliminating a coil spring member energizing a release button (50) and a lock pin holder so as to simplify a structure, wherein a lock bar (30) ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124480 | Shock-proof device, buckle having the shock proof device, and seatbelt apparatus having the buckle A shock-proof device disposed in a buckle includes at least a latch member for engaging a tongue so as to latch the tongue; a release button for releasing the tongue from the latch member; and an inertia lever with a rotation shaft rotatably arranged for preventing ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6983518 | Buckle for belts A buckle for belts comprises a first shell unit having a releasing piece, a second shell unit connected under the first shell unit, a locking element pivotally connected to a seat of the second shell element, and a moving element movably installed behind the locking... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6742229 | Buckle device A buckle device in which it can be detected whether or not a tongue plate inserted into a case is locked, and in which reliability of such detection is high. In the buckle device, a magnetic plate is provided at a leg portion which moves together with the tongue pla... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6708380 | Breakaway latch plate A breakaway latch plate for use with the seat belt system is disclosed. The breakaway latch plate includes a latch plate body that may be selectively secured to a buckle. An orifice may be disposed within the latch plate body. Seat belt webbing passes through the or... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6694577 | Buckle for safety belt with three branches, in particular for safety seats for children carried in motor vehicles and the like A buckle for a safety belt with three branches where one of the branches includes a rocking lever, which is pivotably connected at one end, having an opposing free end, an intermediate groove and an intermediate projection. A dependent portion or appendag... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6662413 | Harness retainer with limited-travel button A two-piece harness retainer is adapted to hold a pair of harness straps in side-by-side relation. A tether is provided to limit pivoting movement of a pivotable latch arm included in one of the pieces included in the harness retainer.... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6591465 | Latching apparatus for inflatable belt device A latching apparatus for an inflatable belt device which achieves reduction in the gas leakage without losing the smoothness of insertion of a tongue into a buckle, or which achieves reduction in the manufacturing cost and the weight of the latching appar... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6554327 | Latch assembly for covered containers A latch assembly for securing a cover to a container comprises a base for mounting to the container cover adjacent to an edge thereof, a cover member secured to the base and a slider slidable between the base and cover member between a latched position wh... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6543101 | Three and five point buckle A multi-point buckle assembly includes a body having a top opening on a top surface, a plurality of side openings, and a plurality of channels, a release button disposed within the top opening, a plurality of main tongues, and a plurality of side tongues,... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6477753 | Seat belt buckle The present invention provides an improved buckle for a vehicle safety restraint from which more accurate and reliable information on seat belt usage can be obtained. The buckle comprises a buckle head with a passageway for receiving a buckle tongue, and ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6463639 | Buckle A buckle that can be manufactured at lower cost and is not unlocked even when a tongue plate is pushed in a locked state is obtained. An intermediate arm 60 is fixed to a lock spring 54 attached to a button 28. Facing walls 68 of leg portions 66 of the interme... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6438810 | Seat restraint buckle assembly A seat restraint buckle assembly for a seat restraint system in a vehicle includes a rigid frame having an open forward end defining a passage to receive a latch plate. The seat restraint buckle assembly also includes a locking member operatively connecte... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427297 | Buckle with smooth tongue insertion mechanism A buckle is formed of a base having two side walls, a cover for accommodating and supporting the base, and having a tongue insertion hole formed at one end side of the two side walls of the base, and guide portions provided on each of the two side walls t... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6301757 | Buckle A buckle comprises a male member and a female member. The male member is provided with an insertion portion adapted to be inserted into the female member and an insertion hole formed inside of the insertion portion. The female member is provided with a re... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6292988 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle of the general type disclosed in GB-A-2238074 in which the slider (44) has extending downwardly from its body (46) clips (76) having side flanges (78), the flanges being formed with chamfers (80). The body (74) of the locking member (24... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6055708 | Seat belt buckle with a shield blocking a tongue receiving opening A seat belt buckle (12) includes a buckle base (34) having a passage (36) for receiving a tongue (16) by movement of the tongue in a first direction into the passage. An ejector (40) in the passage (36) is biased in a second direction opposite the first d... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5839175 | Buckling device with elastic unlocking capabilty A buckling device used in conjunction with a strap for holding an object firmly in position is provided. The buckling device includes a male fastener and a female fastener. The male fastener includes a strap-mounting body for fixing a first end of the str... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5749130 | Child-proof seat belt buckle assembly A locking seat belt buckle assembly is configured for placement and operation within a standard seat belt buckle and tongue. In one embodiment, the seat belt buckle includes a latch that engages the tongue and a latch release plate to disengage the latch ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5142749 | Buckle for vehicle safety belts A buckle for vehicle safety belt systems equipped with a belt pretensioner engaging on the buckle is provided. The buckle has a release button with a cutout wherein a pushbutton is slidably received. The release button carries a two-armed blocking lever p... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5123147 | Restraint harness buckle assembly and method of making A cover which fits over a restrain harness buckle assembly. The cover slides down over the buckle and confines the ends of cam support pins in the assembly, eliminating the need for the use of pins with heads on one end, for fasteners to hold such pins in... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5121528 | Buckle device for seatbelt system A buckle device is provided, for use with a seatbelt system of a vehicle, into which a tongue plate is inserted for engagements with a lock member, and which has in addition to the lock member with which the tongue plate engages when it is inserted into t... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4930195 | Present invention relates to a safety-belt buckle A buckle is intended to receive a tongue which is mounted on a safety-belt along a predetermined path. A latching member in the buckle engages the tongue. A push-button, associated with a separate actuating element, is provided to move the latching member... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4928366 | Simplified and improved safety-belt buckle The buckle intended to join a belt to an anchorage point consists, among other things, of a latch (10) and of a keeper which comprises a base (20), a lock (30), an ejector guide (40), an actuating button (50), preferably a protective covering (60) and, if... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4926854 | Protective helmet with a strapless breathing protection mask A protective helmet with a strapless breathing protection mask which is in detachable connection therewith. The detachable connection is formed by connecting elements that can be plugged into each other and locked, and these connecting elements are locate... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4910836 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle has a latching member (7), which engages the tongue of the buckle. The latching member is pivotally mounted on a channel member, engaging lugs (18) formed in apertures in the side walls of the channel in a substantially friction-free ma... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4870726 | Seat belt buckle A safety belt buckle has a slider having first and also second parts each adapted to engage and retain a locking member in a locking condition in which it engages a tongue inserted in the buckle. The slider is spring biassed to a position in which one par... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4703542 | Buckle for seat belts A buckle for seat belts which comprises a buckle body and a tongue plate engageable with the buckle body when inserted thereinto through an opening formed in the front end of the buckle body, the buckle body being provided with: (a) a frame comprising a b... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4682390 | Buckle and body restraint system for a vehicle A restraint harness attachable to a vehicle lap belt and having a waist strap, shoulder straps and a crotch strap with a looped segment through which the shoulder straps and lap belt passes. A buckle for the harness receives the fittings on each end of th... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4670952 | Buckle apparatus A buckle apparatus for use in a seatbelt system for a vehicle designed to protect an occupant in an emergency situation of the vehicle includes a buckle body into which a tongue plate is inserted. A lock plate is moved in a direction orthogonal to the ton... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4667379 | Jewelry clasp A jewelry clasp in which a blade member is captured in a case member by a latch normally located in a latched position to secure the blade member in the case member, the latch being displaceable along a first direction in response to movement of the blade... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4624034 | Buckle apparatus A buckle apparatus for use in a seatbelt system is arranged such that when the tongue plate of the seatbelt is inserted into the buckle body, the pawl of a lock plate is inserted into an opening formed in the tongue plate. Since the projecting end of the ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4611369 | Belt lock for a safety belt An improved buckle assembly includes a housing having an inlet opening through which a tongue is inserted into the housing. A latch member is movable between an engaged condition in which the latch member is effective to block withdrawal of the tongue fro... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4454634 | Safety belt buckle A safety belt buckle fitted with belt straps and two interlocking parts. These are designed for releasably connecting the belt strap. One interlocking part consists of a locked part and the other interlocking part consists of a locking part. The latter is... | 06/19/1984 |
