Passive safety device for vehicles

US3995884A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Volkswagenwerk AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Bauer · Obernburg, DE
• Erwin Bluggel

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 1975
• Grant date: Dec 7, 1976
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R22/06
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved passive safety device for a vehicle has a safety belt anchor point, movably maintained in a guide extending diagonally over a door panel, which can be moved such that an associated safety belt is applied about a vehicle occupant when the door is closed and lifted off when the door is open, and the improvement comprising an arm rest on the door which can be adjusted in conjunction with movement of the anchor point so that it does not hinder movement of the anchor point in the guide.