Restraint belt presenter having offset rotary action

US6279954A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Joalto Design, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John A. Townsend · Troy, US
• Mohamed El-Sayed · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Arthur L. Guertin · Rockwood, US
• Paul J. DeLorean · Bloomfield Hills, US
• John E. Campbell · Brookline, US
• Michael Kaczmar · Farmington Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 28, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R22/03
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A restraint belt presenter assembly includes a restraint belt engaging member that is selectively driven by a track drive mechanism to catch and pull a restraint belt from its unused position to a presentation position for grasping by a vehicle occupant. The restraint belt engaging member includes a housing having an L-shaped slot that receives a finger assembly wherein the finger assembly has a rotary offset with locking movement for maintaining the finger assembly in an actuating position.