161 |
Seat belt device |
US10820299 |
2004-04-09 |
US20040239093A1 |
2004-12-02 |
Tor
Vopn
Eichwald |
A device for use together with a seat belt (3) of a seat in a vehicle (6), comprising a sensor (2) for measuring tension in the seat belt and a member (4) for limiting the load transferable by the seat belt, the seat belt tension sensor being arranged to provide information based on which an airbag intended for said seat may be disconnected. One of either the seat belt tension sensor (2) or the load limiter member (4) is connectable to a first end of the seat belt (3) and the other of the seat belt tension sensor and the load limiter member is connectable to the vehicle (6), the seat belt tension sensor and the load limiter member being connected to each other so that at least a part of the seat belt tension sensor (2) and a part of the load limiter member (4) overlap with each other. |
162 |
Seat belt buckle presenter and method of use therefor |
US10426909 |
2003-04-29 |
US20040217583A1 |
2004-11-04 |
Jenne-Tai
Wang |
A combination seat belt buckle presenter and seat belt use reminder includes an actuator to cause the extension and retraction of a buckle to improve buckle accessibility. A flexible support member transmits force from the actuator to the buckle. A self-locking device prevents forward or upward movement of the buckle. The self-locking mechanism is preferably configured as an energy-absorbing seat belt load limiter. The seat belt buckle presenter is preferably automated. |
163 |
Restraint system for restraining a person in a vehicle of transportation |
US10806067 |
2004-03-22 |
US20040216206A1 |
2004-11-04 |
Carl-Jurgen
Schroth |
A restraint system for restraining a person in a vehicle of transportation, includes a safety harness having length adjustable shoulder belts and a buckle for connecting the shoulder belt on a chest-side of a person and a stiff U-shaped shoulder yoke having legs, which are contoured to a torso of the person, and a high collar interconnecting the legs, whereby the shoulder belts are secured by a fastening mechanism behind the collar. The legs of the shoulder yoke and the shoulder belts have confronting sides which are formed, at least partially, with an interacting engagement structure which is configured to increase friction as the shoulder belts move in relation to the legs in longitudinal direction, while inhibiting a displacement of the shoulder belts in relation to the legs in transverse direction. |
164 |
Passenger protecting apparatus |
US10714928 |
2003-11-18 |
US20040155436A1 |
2004-08-12 |
Ryoji
Saiguchi; Hiroaki
Fujii; Masahiro
Higuchi; Katsuyuki
Sakai; Ichizo
Kobayashi |
A passenger protecting apparatus that prevents a submarine phenomenon of the passenger by the use of an air belt that is configured to inflate to form a sleeve wall. The apparatus includes a seat cushion that includes a seat pad, and an air belt disposed under the seat pad. The apparatus includes a buckle and a lap anchor. The rear end on the right and the left of the air belt are connected to the buckle and the lap anchor via a wire respectively. Upon collision, the air belt is inflated and the front portion of the seat pad is pushed up so that a submarine phenomenon is prevented and the buckle and the lap anchor are pulled down. |
165 |
Multi-point seat belt |
US10690741 |
2003-10-10 |
US20040113412A1 |
2004-06-17 |
Giok
Djien
Go |
A multi-point seat-belt includes two shoulder-belt portions, a lap-belt portion, master release-button, multi-attachment points and a belt-feeding device, which, when activated, moves the first shoulder-belt portion to extend across over the upper of the body of the passenger, when taking his seat. In conjunction with a main latch-plate plug-in connecting to a main buckle-assembly both shoulder-belt portions extend crosswise over the upper-part thereof in an X-shape and the lap-belt portion restrains the lower-part thereof. Another belt-feeding device is adapted to the seat-design. The user-friendliness is enhanced by one-click operation of the master release-button, which, when depressed, releases all latch-plates and returns the belt-feeding device to the home position. In order to protect the passenger in a rollover-accident a safety bracket of another belt-feeding device blocks the first shoulder-belt portion in excess of a threshold value. Serving as transition-products multi-point seat-belts are defined by conventional three-point seat-belts and new parts. |
166 |
Air-bag and a method of deploying an air-bag |
US09889208 |
2001-09-28 |
US06722691B1 |
2004-04-20 |
Yngve Håland; Sture Andersson; Dick Eriksson; Bengt Pipkorn; Jörgen Persson |
An air-bag (8) is mounted in the roof of a motor vehicle to be deployed in front of an occupant (7) of the vehicle. The air-bag is constrained by tear straps (15) within the air-bag to inflate initially as a “curtain” in front of the occupant of the vehicle, that curtain only having a relatively narrow thickness (t). When the tear-straps break, the bag has a more rounded configuration. The bas is releasably retained within a recess (9) which initially houses the bag. When the bag is fully inflated, the bag becomes totally separated from the recess, to prevent the bag forcing the head of the occupant rearwardly as the torso of the occupant moves forwardly during an accident. |
167 |
Seat belt guide |
US09784620 |
2001-02-15 |
US06641222B2 |
2003-11-04 |
Martin Specht |
A seat belt guide has a bearing axis for the pivotal mounting of a guide body on a vehicle structure. The guide body has a flexing bar around which the seat belt webbing is guided. A fixing plate can be fixed on the vehicle structure pivotally around the bearing axis with a fixing bolt. Two flexing bar carriers rigidly connect the flexing bar is to the fixing plate at its two ends. The guide body is deformable when a specific load originates from the seat belt webbing, the flexing bar bending substantially symmetrically with respect to the fixing bolt. |
168 |
SAFETY BELT RESTRAINING DEVICE |
US09808888 |
2001-03-16 |
US20020130505A1 |
2002-09-19 |
Sang
S.
Yun |
A safety belt restraining device designed to be attached to an existing vehicle safety belt system having a male clip and a female buckle. The safety belt restraining device includes a body with a female member integrated within the body. The female member has a hooking member. Opposing the female member is the male member, which has a male end, a male base and a travel member. The travel member receives the hooking member and the travel member limits the movement of the female member. At least two elastic members are attached between the female member and the male member. |
169 |
Safety belt apparatus |
US10054915 |
2002-01-25 |
US20020096872A1 |
2002-07-25 |
Thomas
Herrmann; Richard
Frank; Thomas
Schwer; Vadim
Ruge |
A safety belt apparatus for motor vehicles comprising a safety belt and a deflecting device for the safety belt which is connected to a holder which can be fastened to the vehicle via an absorption unit. The deflecting device being movable in an absorption direction by forces occurring relative to the holder with a pulling movement of the safety belt caused by an accident while overcoming an opposing absorption resistance of the absorption unit. The deflecting device being hindered from making a movement in the absorption direction with forces occurring in normal operation. The absorption unit being changeable in shape by the deflecting device moving in the absorption direction in order to overcome the absorption resistance. |
170 |
Vehicle occupant protection system |
US10001166 |
2001-10-23 |
US20020084633A1 |
2002-07-04 |
Jurgen
Heigl; Steffen
Rothweiler |
A vehicle occupant protection system comprises an inflatable gas bag, a tensioning band which is tensioned in the case of inflation of the gas bag so that the tensioning band has a tension, and a device which at the end of a predetermined period of time after inflation of the gas bag reduces the tension of the tensioning band. |
171 |
Shock-reducing restraint |
US09778037 |
2001-02-07 |
US20020043830A1 |
2002-04-18 |
Yoshinobu
Sawamoto |
A yieldable restraint for the upper portion of the child seat for reducing the shock applied to the person sitting on the child seat by restraining equipment in case of a frontal crash. The restraint has an extensive energy-absorbing device in the member connected to the upper portion of the child seat by the tether belt. In case where a large turning force in the forward direction is applied to the child seat mounted on the seat and the connecting member is pulled forward by a force in excess of a prescribed value, the energy-absorbing device extends while absorbing a stress generated by the turning force. The energy-absorbing device may have a stress absorbing groove with crushable portions. Alternatively, a tear seam can be provided on the tether belt wherein the stress is absorbed by the tear seam being torn. Further, the tether belt can be woven so as to elongate while absorbing the stress. |
172 |
Method and safety restraint device for restraining an occupant on a vehicle seat |
US09775799 |
2001-02-05 |
US20010054816A1 |
2001-12-27 |
Luigi
Brambilla; Wilfried
Bullinger; Walter
Eberle; Juergen
Gimbel; Markus
Hartlieb; Florent
Paviot; Frank
Zerrweck |
A method and system for restraining an occupant on a vehicle seat, the occupant being pulled into the vehicle seat is provided with a force by a belt tensioner when a critical driving state is detected and then held in a pulled-back position on the vehicle seat with a holding force. The holding force selected is lower than the force for pulling the occupant back. A forward-looking detection system for a dangerous driving state and an occupant-position detection system unprovided, in which, when a dangerous driving state is detected, a belt tensioner is subjected to a force and the occupant is thereby pulled into the vehicle seat, and in which the occupant is held in a pulled-back position on the vehicle seat with a holding force which is lower than the force for pulling the occupant back. |
173 |
Structural component consisting of a belt buckle, attachment hardware and force limiter |
US09380919 |
1999-09-09 |
US06312057B1 |
2001-11-06 |
Herbert Feile |
An assembly unit comprising a belt buckle (10) for the insert tongue of a vehicular seat belt, a fastener fitting (12) for the belt buckle (10) and a force limiter between the belt buckle (10) and the fastener fitting (12) is characterized in that the force limiter contains a traction means (14, 16) fixedly connected to the belt buckle (10), movable relative to the fastener fitting (12) by a predetermined travel, and a stretchable member (24) coupled to the belt buckle (10) and the fastener fitting (12), which can be stretched by a predetermined tensile force between the belt buckle (10) and the fastener fitting (12) being exceeded. |
174 |
Operating system and process for safety devices in a vehicle |
US09845218 |
2001-04-30 |
US20010035643A1 |
2001-11-01 |
Olaf
Mueller |
An operating system for a safety device in a vehicle including a driving element housed in a guide housing and coupled to a safety device for its operation. A gas generating device generates a gas pressure in the guide housing. A starting device triggers the generating device to generate gas pressure in two successive, but partially overlapping driving stages. A load limiter coacts with the driving element to insure a predetermined yielding performance of the safety device. |
175 |
Seat belt webbing energy management device |
US09483244 |
2000-01-14 |
US06302346B1 |
2001-10-16 |
Louis R. Brown; Roger H. Garrell |
An energy management device (10) for seat belt webbing (18) for restraining a vehicle occupant includes a base (40) for attachment to the vehicle. The device (10) also includes a plastically deformable torsion bar (60) having a first portion (66) fixed relative to the base (40) and a second portion (72) rotatable relative to the first portion and the base. The torsion bar (60) twists upon rotation of the second portion (72) relative to the first portion (66). A spool (80) is supported on the base (40) and is fixed for rotation with the second portion (72) of the torsion bar (60) relative to the first portion (66) of the torsion bar. The spool (80) has an outer peripheral surface (90). A flexible member (100) is wound on the outer peripheral surface (90) of the spool (80). The flexible member (100) has a first end portion (104) connected with the spool (80) and a second end portion (110) extending from the spool (80) for connection with the seat belt webbing (14) of the vehicle. The torsion bar (60) twists and the spool (80) rotates in an unwinding direction upon the application of tensile force from the seat belt webbing (18) to the flexible member (100) in an amount exceeding a predetermined amount. The torsion bar (60) when twisting resists unwinding of the flexible member (100) from the spool (80). The distance between the axis of rotation (54) of the spool (80) and the outer peripheral surface (90) of the spool (80) varies to vary the resistance to unwinding of the flexible member (100) felt by the occupant. The resistance to unwinding varies as a function of the amount of the flexible member that is unwound from the spool. |
176 |
Shoulder anchor device |
US09118070 |
1998-07-17 |
US06250681B1 |
2001-06-26 |
Kazunori Takahashi; Chiharu Igarashi; Osamu Tokugawa |
A shoulder anchor device comprises a through anchor (23) for supporting a seat belt, a base member (3, 103) for mounting on a center pillar of a vehicle body, and a fixing mechanism (38, 40) for fixing the through anchor to the base member. The base member includes a channel-shaped anchor fixing portion (1) of a generally C-shaped cross-section for fixing the through anchor, and a pair of vehicle fixing portions formed integrally at opposite ends of the anchor fixing portion and formed into a generally flat plate-shape in a cross-section. |
177 |
Load limiting device for a seat belt |
US388367 |
1999-09-01 |
US6099078A |
2000-08-08 |
Alan Smithson; David Blackadder; John Taylor; Andrew Downie; Joe Harte; Andrew Park; Elizabeth Rees |
A load limiting device is used with a vehicle seat belt during a crash to allow a limited and controlled forward motion of a vehicle occupant after the retractor has locked. The load limiting device decreases the forces exerted by the seat belt on the vehicle occupant's torso. The load limiting device has a metal member and means for deforming the metal member associated with the seat belt. Excessive load on the seat belt is transferred to the metal member by deforming the metal member. |
178 |
Tightening device for use with safety belts with eccentric locking |
US91118 |
1998-09-04 |
US6068664A |
2000-05-30 |
Bernhard Meyer; Josef Mayer |
A tightening device for a safety belt includes a cable having a first end and a second end. A drive is connected to the first end of the cable. The drive, when activated, moves the cable in a tightening direction. The second end of the cable is connected to a safety belt. A deflection device about which the cable is guided is provided. The deflection device has a rotatable eccentric pawl and a stop. The stop limits rotation of the eccentric pawl when rotated upon movement of the cable in the tightening direction and thus defines a deflection position of the eccentric pawl. The eccentric pawl has an elongate extension extending in a direction of the cable portion extending between the drive and a deflection location at the deflection device. The eccentric pawl has a deflection end guiding the cable at the deflection location. The eccentric pawl has an eccentric arc opposite the deflection end. A counter plate is positioned opposite the eccentric pawl and the cable is guided between the counter plate and the eccentric pawl. The eccentric arc is a return lock preventing movement of the cable in a return direction opposite the tightening direction by engaging the cable and locking the cable in the return direction. |
179 |
Energy absorbing occupant restraint system |
US178119 |
1998-10-23 |
US6056320A |
2000-05-02 |
Mustafa A. Khalifa; Kenneth Budowick; Srinivas Reddy Malapati; John P. Paris; Oscar H. Sharp |
An energy absorbing occupant restraint system for a motor vehicle includes a load-limiting buckle assembly. The buckle assembly includes a first elongated member adapted to be secured to the floor of the motor vehicle and a second elongated member. The buckle assembly further includes a buckle attached to the first elongated member. The buckle is adapted to releasably engage a tongue assembly carried by a seat belt webbing. A connector member interconnects the first and second elongated members. The second elongated member is configured so as to incrementally allow the second elongated member to translate relative to the first elongated member when the first elongated member is acted upon by a load which exceeds a predetermined level. In the preferred embodiment, the second elongated member is a sleeve member which telescopically receives the first elongated member. The sleeve member has an elongated aperture with a plurality of deflectable tangs which resist deflection until acted upon by a predetermined load. |
180 |
Variable level seatbelt energy management device |
US195759 |
1998-11-18 |
US6019392A |
2000-02-01 |
James P. Karlow |
A seatbelt energy management device which includes a resistance mechanism coupled to a seatbelt apparatus having a magnetorheological fluid, a permanent magnet having a first magnetic field which orients the magnetorheological fluid to increase the magnetorheological fluid's viscosity, an electromagnet which generates a second magnetic field to cancel the first magnetic field of the permanent magnet to decrease the magnetorheological fluid's viscosity, where the resistance mechanism is controlled by the magnetorheological fluid's viscosity. |