Seat belt buckle

US6266855A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Breed Automotive Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Martin Specht · Feldafing, DE
• Walter Krauss · Starnberg, DE
• Stephan Schwald · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
• Thomas Schrott · Feldafing, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2001
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/4567
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A seat belt buckle has a guide channel formed in a buckle frame into which a tongue connected to a seat belt can be inserted. An ejector, located in the guide channel acts, as an ejector spring in the ejection direction opposite to the insertion direction of the tongue. A locking element is mounted on the buckle frame and can be moved out of an unlocking position into a locking position in order to lock the tongue in the guide channel. A securing element is movable between a securing position for holding the locking element in the locking position and a release position for releasing the locking element. A blocking device is mounted on the securing element and is moved into a blocking position when the locking element is in the locking position. The securing element is held in the securing position against a movement into the release position, whereby the blocking device is held in the blocking position by the ejector.