Patent · US Expired

Buckle apparatus for seat belt system

US6746048B2 · kind B2 · utility

11Cited by
5References
12Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 1, 2002
Grant dateJun 8, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/45665
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A plate spring urges a base of a buckle device toward an anchor insertion opening side with respect to an anchor plate. Provided that urging force of the plate spring exceeds urging force of a spiral spring, the base is held, by the urging force of the plate spring, at a position at which a rivet contacts an insertion direction side end portion of a long hole. However, when the urging force of the spiral spring exceeds the urging force of the plate spring due to, in order to attach a child seat, pulling out of a webbing belt more than at a time when a body is to be restrained, the base moves against the urging force of the plate spring, and the plate spring pushes a transfer rod. Due to this pushing force being detected by a semiconductor diffusion strain gauge, it can be detected that the child seat is attached on a seat.

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