Height adjuster with return spring

US7461866B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Robert J. Desmarais · Lake Orion, US
• Richard W. Koning · Yale, US
• David R. Arnold · Chesterfield Township, US
• Lawrence M. Refior · New Baltimore, US
• Steven R. Bell · Shinglehouse, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2005
• Grant date: Dec 9, 2008
• Expiry date: Aug 14, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R22/202
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A height adjuster (200) for a vehicle safety restraint comprising: a rail (230) for providing a vertical path guide for a carrier (220); the carrier (220) configured to be vertically movable along the rail to one of a plurality of locations, the carrier also configured to rotationally support the web guide (210). The height adjuster also comprises a lock mechanism (240) movable between a locked and an unlocked condition, when in a locked condition the carrier is prohibited from moving down the rail and when in an unlocked condition the carrier is free to be moved; and a return spring mechanism (300) comprising a coiled return spring having an interior or coiled end (372) and a distal end (376), the interior end configured not to rotate as the carrier is moved and a distal end of the return spring secured to one of the carrier and release mechanism.