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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8024845 | Buckle of a seat belt for a motor vehicle Buckle of a seat belt for a motor vehicle comprising a male part and a female part characterized in that it comprises electric contacts carried by two tongues (30, 35), a first tongue (30) comprising a V-shaped section with two branches (31, 32)... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7992269 | Child restraint assembly for child vehicle seat A child restraint assembly for a child vehicle seat includes a buckle assembly including a buckle and a pair of latches, a harness coupled to the buckle assembly, and a harness adjuster to adjust the harness. The buckle includes a buckle actuator slidable between a ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7882604 | Assembled structure An assembled structure comprising: a housing; a plate-shaped elastic member attached in the interior portion of the housing; and a confirming portion for confirming a state of attachment of the plate-shaped elastic member, wherein the confirming portion is provided ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7797803 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt improvement providing seat belt buckling assistance and automatic release of the seat belt. The seat belt assembly includes an electromagnet located in the seat belt buckle that aligns and draws the seat belt tongue into the seat belt buckle when the sea... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7765652 | Buckle device attached with switch A buckle device includes a switch having a Hall element which outputs a signal in accordance with a magnitude of a magnetic flux density, a magnet which applies a magnetic field to the Hall element, and a shielding plate which is attached to an ejector so as to chan... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7657979 | Buckle switch and buckle device To provide a buckle switch and buckle device wherein a first switch section and a second switch section are unitized to provide improved assembling workability and increased production efficiency. As a tongue plate is inserted to a buckle body to move a slide... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7647678 | Contamination resistant buckle An vehicle seat belt includes a buckle system. The buckle system includes a seat belt buckle with a buckle face, a release button, and an opening for receiving a seat belt tongue. The buckle includes a seal positioned on the buckle face to seal the buckle face and p... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7568265 | Buckle apparatus and seat belt apparatus A buckle apparatus and a seat belt apparatus are provided capable of suppressing an occurrence of an unevenness of brightness at a time of leading illuminating light flux in an inner part of the reflector. In one form, a reflector having a curved face portion that l... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7536759 | Clasp and method for assembling the same A clasp including a base connected to at least one end of looping member which has an upper opening at an upper side thereof and which has a front opening at a front side thereof; an arm which is supported by the edge of the base in a rotatable manner, which has a n... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7520034 | Seat belt device A seat belt system capable of reliably preventing inadvertent engagement even on occurrence of erroneous insertion of a tongue plate. The seat belt system includes first and second buckle units respectively including tongue plates and buckle bodies. The buckle bodie... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520035 | Seatbelt apparatus A seatbelt apparatus that is capable of improving seatbelt wearing operability may comprise a webbing, a tongue plate moveably attached to the webbing, which are provided with a grip portion to be gripped by an occupant and an engagement portion extending from the g... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7506418 | Buckle bumper The invention is a protective cover for a buckle, for protecting a vehicle from the buckle, which may be used with a strap to secure loads such as kayaks, rafts, and canoes to the vehicle roof. The buckle and its attached strap can be inserted into the protective co... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7458136 | Shock-absorbing safety belt buckle A seatbelt buckle for receiving and locking an insert tongue, said seatbelt buckle comprising a housing, a bolt which locks the insert tongue, and a slide button which acts upon the bolt, wherein an inertial mass is provided for shockproofing of the seatbelt buckle.... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7401389 | Tongue interlocking detachable anchorage Disclosed are interlocking safety restraint mechanisms and safety restraint systems incorporating such mechanisms. Embodiments of the safety restraint mechanisms include a first locking mechanism adapted to receive and lock into place a buckle tongue and a second lo... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395585 | Buckle assembly A seat belt buckle assembly (20) having: a locking assembly (22) and an integrally formed cover (26) to receive the locking assembly, the locking assembly and cover having a plurality of guiding and stabilizing members (160, 100, 110, 190, 10... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383620 | Buckle support assembly A buckle support assembly is provided including an anchor member and a buckle with a support member extending therebetween. A sleeve member is supported in position to extend between the anchor member and buckle and about the support member via interfering portions ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372363 | Security device for a bottle A security device for tagging a bottle has a body defining a sleeve into which part of the bottle neck and its closure are received. A housing is defined to one side of the sleeve and first and second catch members are pivoted within the housing for movement between... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7360288 | Buckle switch, buckle including buckle switch, and seat belt device including buckle A buckle switch is provided which, in one form, can sufficiently ensure electrical conduction between movable contacts and fixed contacts. Fixed contacts and are provided in a switch main body. In a movable piece, movable contacts electrically connected to one anoth... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360287 | Coupling device for restraining belts, particularly for children's safety seats for motor vehicles A coupling device for restraining belts, particularly for children's safety seats for motor-vehicles, which includes a body intended to be connected to at least one belt branch and a pair of tongue elements intended to be connected to respective belt branches, each ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357419 | Fastening for a safety belt buckle, which is equipped for measuring the belt force arrangement A fastening arrangement for a safety belt is provided and includes a holder for securement to a vehicle. The holder has a T-shaped head with laterally extending arms. A connector is moveably disposed, against spring action on the holder and is connected to a belt bu... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347500 | Seat belt receiver attachment A seat belt receiver attachment includes an elongate connection member removably mountable closely adjacent a seat belt receiver and a planar flexible shield member having an inside surface locatable adjacent a holster worn by a user with the outside surface being a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344116 | Release bracket system and method An improved pony bottle bracket that is light weight, compact, simple to use, and facilitates a quick and easy set-up is disclosed. A push button latch enables a diver to quickly disconnect the pony bottle from the main bottle. The pony tank bracket and base unit br... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340809 | Smart closure A multi-part closure provides remote indication of a secured or unsecured state of the closure. The closure includes first and second mating members that when engaged define a secured state and when disengaged define an unsecured state. A self-contained transmitter ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331623 | Rack for supporting two canoes on pickup truck bed A removable canoe transporting rack carries two canoes on the bed of a pickup truck with an upper canoe positioned over a lower canoe. A first rack having a first horizontal member mounts in the front stake wells of the pickup truck. A second rack having a second ho... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322076 | Clasp for jewelry The clasp for jewelry includes a body, a pin insertable into the body, a stopper engaging to the pin having been inserted into the body to keep the pin engaged to the body, and a releaser releasing the pin from the body. When pulled or slid, the releaser releases th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309041 | Retractor and housing for a retractor Belt retractor and a belt-retractor spring-cassette housing for a belt retractor. The belt-retractor spring-cassette housing can be installed in a particularly simple and therefore cost-effective manner. The belt-retractor spring-cassette housing has a spring core a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7275613 | Automatic unbuckling seat belt system The present invention relates to an automatic unbuckling seat belt system adapted to easily buckle and unbuckle the seat belt, wherein the system comprises a seat belt tongue formed with a groove and a seat belt buckle with a latch for suspending in the groove and m... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7245122 | Vane actuated magnetic drive mode sensor A vane actuated drive mode sensor is generally composed of two primary components, including a drive mode sensor array and an actuator. The sensor array can be provided as a housing composed of a plurality of Hall Effect (HE) sensors, magnets and the electronics ass... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243403 | Buckle safety device A buckle safety device formed for use with a seat belt assembly. The seat belt assembly includes a tongue and a buckle. The buckle safety device includes a housing having a cutout and a buckle receiving opening. The cutout and the buckle receiving opening communicat... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240407 | Seat belt apparatus and buckle A buckle that is compact in a longitudinal direction and uses an unlatching force that may be effectively applied to a latch member when releasing a tongue from a buckle. The buckle is configured so that as an operation button is manipulated in the unlatching direct... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234729 | Seat belt force sensor system A system for measuring seat belt forces is used to control deployment of vehicle airbags. The system includes a rigid plate member having one end attached to a portion of the seat belt and an opposite end mounted to a vehicle structure. The seat belt is used to secu... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213308 | Seat belt cover A seat belt cover comprising a flat tubular member through which a seat belt of a motor vehicle is passed to be covered therewith, wherein, the flat tubular member has i) a slit-shaped opening provided at its lower end and having a width larger than the width of a t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7185919 | Method and apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a safety belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168742 | Seatbelt device A seat belt device includes a lap anchor and connector assembly that are engaged by a latch pressed by a first latch spring. In the event that inertia force is applied to the connector assembly in a direction that tends to urge the disengagement of the connector ass... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166032 | Passenger restraint system A passenger restraint system for a vehicle having a plurality of seats, each seat having a seatbelt, a retractor from which the seatbelt is extendable, and a receiver used to latch the seatbelt. Each retractor includes a first pneumatic locking element and a second ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165294 | Strap sack Housing for containing excess cargo tie-down material, and for containing the locking mechanism to reduce its exposure to the environmental elements. The housing is in the form of a generally flat portion and a sack made of durable material. The sack is configured t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159686 | Apparatus and method for detection of a latching device A universal anchor for a vehicle, comprising: a magnet being fixedly secured to an anchor portion defining an opening; a flux deflector movably mounted to the anchor for movement in a range defined by a first position and a second position, the flux deflector effect... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159284 | Seat belt buckle, in particular for racing vehicles A seat belt buckle, in particular for racing vehicles, having: a casing defining at least one slot engageable by an end member of a strap of a seat belt for connection; a lock mechanism housed in the casing and for releasably retaining the end member; and a release ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
