A seatbelt device adapted to restrain an occupant sitting on a seat of a vehicle, the seatbelt device includes a first seatbelt (31L) which is provided on a first side of the seat so as to extend downward from an upper portion of the seat, a first retractor (32L) which winds one end of the first seatbelt (31L), a second seatbelt (31R) which is provided on a second side of the seat so as to extend downward from the upper portion of the seat, a second retractor (32R) which winds one end of the second seatbelt (31R), a female belt-engagement member (34) which is attached to a position in the middle of the first seatbelt (31L), a male belt-engagement member (35) which is attached to a position in the middle of the second seatbelt (31R) and is adapted to be attached to or detached from the female belt-engagement member (34), and a support member (36) which is fixed to the seat or vehicle body on the first side of the seat, and supports the female belt-engagement member (34) to a predetermined position when the male belt-engagement member (35) does not engage the female belt-engagement member (34), wherein the support member (36) includes a locking hole (48) which locks an engagement state of the female belt-engagement member (34), and wherein the female belt-engagement member (34) includes an insertion opening (53) into which the male belt-engagement member (35) is inserted for an engagement, a locking claw (44) which detachably engages the locking hole (48) of the support member (36), and a lock releasing mechanism (58) which releases the engagement between the locking claw (44) and the locking hole (48) when the male belt-engagement member (35) is inserted into the insertion opening (53).

A load locking junction device is provided to couple a continuous-loop belt (20) having ends mounted on the vehicle door with an anchor belt (32) retractably mounted at the inboard side of the occupant seating position. The junction ring (34) includes a stamped metal frame (40) having a central elongated aperture defining spaced apart first and second elongated load bearing walls (46, 48). The continuous-loop belt (20) is slidable over the first wall (46) to divide the continuous-loop belt into a lap belt portion (38) and a shoulder belt portion (36). The anchor belt (32) extends through the aperture and has a pin (50) engaged in the end thereof to enlarge the anchor belt end portion for simultaneous engagement against the second wall (48, 1) of the continuous-loop belt so that the belts are coupled together and maintained in engagement with the load bearing walls against migration towards the ends of the elongated aperture.

La ceinture à une boucle (10) avec un pène (11) et une gâche (12) et un enrouleur (20), comprend une sangle (50) unique faite d'un ruban (51) et pour partie au moins d'une enveloppe (52) continue gonfla­ble divisée en un brin abdominal (502) et un brin thoracique (501) par la pène (11). Des moyens de mise en pression sous la dépendance d'une unité de comman­de, assurant le gonflage ou le dégonflage de l'enve­loppe. Lorsqu'un occupant a pris place sur le siège, l'enveloppe se gonfle et la sangle se déploie progres­sivement en entourant l'occupant pour venir accrocher automatiquement le pène sur la gâche.

Einrichtung zum selbsttätigen Anbringen und Zuziehen eines Y-förmigen Sicherheitsgurtes in einem PKW, mit einem Schenkel im Bereich der oberen Ecke des Türflügels und mit dem anderen Schenkel im Bereich der unteren Ecke des Türflügels. Gegenüber einer Anbaulasche (1, 5), die auf dem Türflügel (K) befestigt ist und das frei schwenkbar angeschlossene freie Ende des Schenkels (Y1, Y2) des Sicherheitsgurtes trägt, ist auf der Türzarge (P) eine Gegenlasche (10, 15) befestigt, die mit mindestens einem Dübel (11, 16) versehen ist, der beim Schliessen der Tür in eine Ausnehmung (1a, 5a) der Anbaulasche (1, 5) fällt. Auf der Anbaulasche (1, 5) ist des weiteren das freie Ende einer Drahtbiegefeder (3, 6) ortsfest gehalten, die in Richtung des zugezogenen Schenkels (Y1, Y2) des Sicherheitsgurtes weist und deren anderes Ende mit dem letzteren formschlüssig verbunden ist.

A passive three-point lap and shoulder belt system has the inboard ends of the lap (24) and shoulder (26) belts mounted on the vehicle body (10) generally adjacent the hip of the occupant by an emergency release buckle (28, 30). Lap and shoulder belt retractors (46) are mounted on the door generally adjacent the hip of the occupant for winding the belts thereon upon closing movement of the door and unwinding the belts therefrom upon opening movement of the door. An anchor loop (42) is mounted on the door generally adjacent the shoulder of the occupant and slidably receives the shoulder belt to dispose the shoulder belt diagonally across the chest of the occupant when the door is closed and forwardly of the occupant when the door is open. A guide loop (64) is attached to the shoulder belt at a point thereon which travels between the retractor and the anchor loop during movement of the door between open and closed positions. The guide loop slidably receives the lap belt to lift the lap belt from the retractor and vertically along the door toward the anchor loop during opening movement of the door so that the lap belt assumes a stowed occupant access position generally parallel with the shoulder belt to facilitate occupant ingress and egress. Closing of the door winds the shoulder belt and lowers the lap belt to the restraining position across the lap of the occupant.

An occupant protection system 10 includes: arm rests 22 that are disposed on both seat width direction sides of a seat back 18 and are rotatable between a storage position and a use position; slide members 24 that are slidable along the arm rests 22 and are equipped with belt guides 34; a retractor 28 that takes up webbing 38; and a control unit that, in a state before an occupant D is seated in a vehicle seat 14, causes the arm rests 22 to be held in the storage position and causes the slide members 24 to slide in the seat upward direction above the head of the occupant D, and that, when the occupant D is seated, causes the arm rests 22 to rotate to the use position, causes the slide members 24 to slide toward base sides of the arm rests 22, and causes the webbing 38 to be taken up by the retractor 28.