Method and apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat

US7185919B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lap Belt Cinch, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bruce Mather · Hockessin, US
• Paul Casimer Arone · Royal Oak, US
• Wesley J. Blanchard · Troy, US
• Kenneth G. Grant · Plymouth, US
• Philip Kosarek · Shelby Charter Township, US
• Richard Lonetto · Thornhill, CA
• Tom Manley · Brampton, CA
• Richard Anthony McCulloch · Oakville, CA
• Timothy Smith · Commerce, US
• Steven Thompson · Girard, US
• Michael T. Vecchio · Livonia, US
• John H. Young · Grosse Ile Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2004
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/45634
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a safety belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount to the tongue assembly, and a cam coupled to the cinch body and adapted to urge the belt webbing against the cinch body.