Patent · US Expired

Seatbelt system

US4343489A · kind A · utility

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3References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 1980
Grant dateAug 10, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 15, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R22/06
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

According to the present invention, in a seatbelt system, in which an end of an occupant restraining webbing is connected to a slider and this slider travels along a guide rail laid on a vehicle body so as to cause the webbing to approach or recede from the body of an occupant, the slider includes: a head; a body suspended from a central portion in cross-section of the head and inserted through a driving tape; and a leg extended from the lower end of the body and secured with an anchor plate, to which the webbing is connected, and the guide rail includes: a substantially letter `T` shaped sliding groove consisting of a head groove portion for slidably guiding the head of slider and a body groove portion for slidably guiding the body of slider; and a tape groove perpendicularly intersecting the body groove portion of the sliding groove for receiving and guiding the driving tape.

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