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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7871132 | Dynamic cinching latch plate A seat belt system comprises a seat belt, a tongue, and a buckle. The seat belt includes webbing with a lap portion and a shoulder portion. The buckle receives and latches the tongue. The tongue includes a slot to receive the webbing. The webbing slides within the s... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7699401 | Apparatus and method for attaching seat belt components An anchor for securing seat belt component to a vehicle includes a latch member for securing a tongue portion of the component within a housing. The latch member is movable between a first position wherein a protrusion on the latch member engages the tongue and a se... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7188898 | Child restraint system comprising control unit for evaluating harness adjustment The child restraint system comprises a harness that extends through one of a plurality of slots in the shell for restraining a child occupant within the child restraint system, and a control unit for determining whether the harness is properly adjusted based upon th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7066549 | Adjustable quick release seatback system particularly for use with wheelchairs A wheelchair seatback assembly suitable for detachable mounting to the back-supporting posts of a wheelchair. The back assembly includes a relatively rigid shell member carrying post-engaging pins and a plurality of mounting clips attachable to wheelchair posts. At ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6669234 | Seat belt buckle and tongue presenter system A system (20) comprising a buckle presenter (100) and/or a tongue presenter (200) and mechanism to activate and control each presenter. The buckle presenter and tongue presenter (200) are used to respectively move a seat belt buckle (26) and a correspondi... | 12/30/2003 |
| 5709408 | Motorized safety belts for vehicles Motorized shoulder and lap belts are moved to restraining positions by a drive belt along a track around a doorway of a vehicle. A catch in a slot in the drive belt engages the shoulder belt to move with the lap belt which is attached to the drive belt. A... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5609396 | Apparatus for restraining a vehicle occupant A seat belt positioning assembly (30) for seat belt webbing (16) includes a structure (50) that has an opening (52) through which the webbing (16) extends. The assembly (30) also includes a movable closure member (60) that blocks the opening (52) and a su... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5586503 | Passenger restraint system A passive passenger restraint system adapted for use with aerial, cable-supported chairlifts includes a passive restraint that is driven by the motion of the chairlift. A seatbelt automatically deploys across the laps of the passengers. The seatbelt restr... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5540482 | Seat and its application, especially to motor vehicles The seat for a vehicle which is preferably intended to be used with a seat belt capable of assuming an active position in which it is able to keep an occupant in his seat with the aid of a strap (S) held by at least one anchoring point (A), and which comp... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5452918 | Automatic motorized lap belt for vehicles Motorized bi-level safety belts having a lap belt and a shoulder belt with a base end of each anchored to a separate retractor at an inside portion of a vehicle seat. Moveable ends of the lap belt and shoulder belt are attachable to a moveable base that i... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5431446 | Seat belt presenter A seat belt presenter (10) for an active seat belt system (14) for restraining a vehicle occupant includes a guide (82) having surfaces (87) which surround opposite major side surfaces (41, 43) of belt webbing (40). A lift arm (74) has an end portion (78)... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5282286 | Sealed composite cushion having multiple indentation force deflection zones A sealable, composite cushion is disclosed having a plurality of resilient support member horizontally disposed to one another and surrounded by a fluid impervious membrane. Each resilient support member has a known Indentation Force Deflection (IFD) valu... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5280958 | Automatic seat belt for a vehicle An automatic seat belt device for motor vehicles includes a retracting member for slidably moving in a C-shaped channel, a webbing connected to the retracting member at one end thereof, and a two-way motor for rotating a capstan pulley in the counter-cloc... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5261696 | Seat belt reacher A seat in an automobile is provided with a spring biased, webbing guiding reach arm actuated by a driving motor so as to set the webbing and tongue of a seat belt at a used position at which they can be handled with ease, and at a retracted position where... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5183290 | Automatic seat belt assembly for a vehicle An automatic seat belt device for motor vehicles, includes a retracting member installed on a vehicle door, and upper and lower webbings wherein each lower end thereof is unified into a composite structure for slidably locking with a seat belt lock and ea... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5163707 | Automatic seat belt system An automatic seat belt system in which a slider supported by a guide rail and adapted to be worn by a vehicle occupant is moved from a webbing-application canceling position to a webbing applying position so as to apply the webbing around the occupant. Th... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5156417 | Seat belt forwarding device A seat belt forwarding device having a seat belt forwarding arm which has a base end pivotally mounted on a side of a rear part of a vehicle seat and a free end carrying an end of a seat belt, and can rotate between a waiting position in which the seat be... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5141249 | Automatic seat-belt applying system The present invention provides an automatic seat-belt applying system for motorcars, comprising a guide rail located laterally relative to a seat and disposed on the vehicle body of a motorcar to extend along a path of movement of a seat belt and a self-p... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5106121 | Occupant restraint belt anchorage arrangement An occupant restraint belt system for a motor vehicle of the type having front driver and passenger side doors and a single rear side door on the passenger side of the vehicle. A two-passenger bench seat structures and a three-passenger seat structure are... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5071165 | Emergency lock for passive seat belt system An emergency lock for a passive seat belt system restrains the seat belt anchor in a secured rear position in emergency situations. A pivotal lock bar which blocks movement of the anchor in a forward direction along a track member independently of a drive... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5060978 | Lip for rail of passive seat belt system and production process thereof A lip suitable for use in covering a rail of a passive seat belt system is coated with an abrasion-resistant material at a slide surface. The lip can be produced coating the slide surface of the lip with the abrasion-resistant material while using an inte... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4948170 | Guide rail for passive seat belt system and fabrication method thereof A guide rail for guiding a movable anchor upon driving the movable anchor by a drive member is constructed to a first guide portion for slidably guiding the movable anchor and a second guide portion combined as a unitary member with the first guide portio... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4906022 | Passive seat belt arrangement Herein disclosed is a passive seat belt arrangement mounted in a vehicle which has a roof side rail and a center pillar which are connected with each other to form a smoothly curved inner edge at a jointed portion therebetween. The arrangement comprises a... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4902040 | Guide rail mounting assembly for automotive passive seat belt system A mounting assembly comprises a rigid bracket having an essentially U-shaped portion and an elastic plate, the tip of which is fixed to the tip of the bracket. A guide rail of a passive seat belt system is inserted into a space between the inner surface o... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4900060 | Outer tube with at least one bracket An outer tube is used to guide a drive member which serves to drive a slider. The outer tube is constructed of a resin-made cylindrical tube main body, two resin-made slip-out preventing portions formed at both ends of the tube main body respectively, and... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4898402 | Structure for fixing anchor base on stationary base of vehicle Disclosed herein is a structure for fixing an anchor base on a stationary base of a vehicle. The structure is suited for use in an automatic seat belt system of the type that a movable anchor travels along a guide member. The anchor base surrounds transve... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4872703 | Passive seat belt system A passive seat belt system includes a guide rail, a webbing-carrying movable member and a bracket for mounting the guide rail on a stationary base. The guide rail has an elongated top wall, an elongated bottom wall and two elongated side walls. The movabl... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4834425 | Passive seat belt system A passive seat belt system is constructed of a guide rail, a slider movable along the guide rail, a force-transmitting member connected to the slider so as to move the slider, a drive unit for driving the force-transmitting member, said drive unit having ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4832365 | Passive seat belt system A passive seat belt system includes a timer and a control means. The timer is capable of reaching a time-up state upon an elapsed time of a predetermined interval of time after closure of an associated door and releasing the time-up state upon opening of ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4796917 | Passive seat belt system According to the invention, the roof rail mounted track for a shoulder belt carriage extends down along the windshield pillar. A belt supporting hook is pivotally mounted on the body at the juncture between the roof rail and the windshield pillar and has ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4789184 | Passive seat belt system A passive seat belt system is equipped with a guide rail, a slide anchor movable along the length of the guide rail and connected to one end of an occupant restraining webbing, and a drive means for causing the slide anchor to move along the length of the... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4765651 | Adjustable anchoring slide block assembly An adjustable seat belt system having a plurality of anchor fittings where one or more anchoring slide block fittings comprise a gear mounted to the anchoring slide block for positioning the anchoring slide block along a track by a manual rotation device ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4743043 | Removable stroller guard rail A removable and foldable guard rail for a collapsible stroller having spaced apart side rails comprises an articulated rail member with opposite ends and a latch assembly pivotally connected to each of the opposite ends of the rail member. Each latch asse... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4717174 | Driving force transmitting structure for automatic seatbelt system A seatbelt system for a vehicle which enables a webbing to be automatically fastened to the body of an occupant includes a tape subjected to driving force derived from a motor. The distal end portion of the tape is provided with a plurality of neck portio... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4708367 | Seatbelt assembly This invention relates to an automatically fastening seatbelt assembly which causes an occupant of a vehicle to be automatically held to a seat in the vehicle by a restraining webbing, after the occupant is positioned on the seat in the vehicle. The seatb... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4667904 | Torso restraint with in flight and ejection activation modes In the operation of modern tactical aircraft, crew members are subjected to periodic high acceleration loads that cause fatigue and a decrease in operating capacity. Restraining the torso of a crew member and pulling the crew member back against the eject... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4580812 | Seatbelt system In a seatbelt system in which an occupant restraining webbing, one end thereof being secured to a door of a vehicle, is moved in directions of a front and a rear of the vehicle in accordance with an opening and a closing of the door and an occupant is aut... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4575120 | Displacement entrainment and unlocking members for a passive safety belt An installation in a passive safety belt actuating mechanism for the displacement of an entrainment member for a safety belt and of an unlocking element for unlocking the entrainment member from a locking mechanism, along a guide profile by means of an el... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4558887 | Snubbing slip ring In a passive restraint seatbelt assembly, a first belt, attached to the interior of the vehicle through an inertia sensitive locking retractor reel, and a fixed length slideable belt are joined by a snubbing slip ring which allows free sliding of the slid... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4529249 | Passive restraint for vehicle seat A passive restraint using a seat belt is disclosed which serves to secure the safety of an occupant in a vehicle seat. In this passive restraint, a front frame section of a cushion frame of the seat is formed with a recessed portion, a belt retractor is f... | 07/16/1985 |
