Safety belt arrangement for occupants of land vehicles and aircraft

US5224736A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Autoflug GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Sedlmayr · Pforzheim, DE
• Herbert Just · Lauenburg/Elbe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 1992
• Grant date: Jul 6, 1993
• Expiry date: Jan 10, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R22/343
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A safety belt arrangement, for use in land vehicles or aircraft for securing the occupants thereof, has at least one belt reeling device with a self-locking blocking mechanism with a mechanical control for moving a locking member into the blocking position which prevents the belt from being pulled out further. In order to reduce the response times for the belt reeling devices, a computer is provided which determines the acceleration characteristics of the particular vehicle or aircraft and is coupled to the mechanical control of the belt reeling device, the locking member being moved into its blocking position or returned to its rest position by the mechanical control in response to a signal emitted by the computer.