Automatic locking tether for vehicle seat

Details Automatic locking tether for vehicle seat Automatic locking tether for vehicle seat

1992-01-22

1993-06-15

Focarino, Margaret A.

Chairs and seats

Body or occupant restraint or confinement

Safety belt or harness; e.g., lap belt or shoulder harness

297480, 280801R, 296 681, B60R 2100

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052192067

ABSTRACT:
A passenger restraint with an automatic locking tether. A three point belt assembly includes a retractor mounted to the vehicle with the belt extendable therefrom having an outer end attached to a bracket movably mounted to a first automatic locking tether. A buckle mounted to the opposite side of the seat is movably mounted to a second automatic locking tether secured to the seat. Both tethers include a cam member pivotally mounted thereto having a locking pad movable against a web extending into the tether. One end of the web is fastened to the vehicle floor whereas the opposite end of the web is attached to a spring biased reel. A spring urges the pad apart from the web allowing for vertical and horizontal adjustment of the seat. Passenger loading during a crash moves the cam member with pad against the web anchoring the tether and seat to the vehicle floor via the web.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4225184 (1980-09-01), Strowick
patent: 4229041 (1980-10-01), Werner
patent: 4239260 (1980-12-01), Hollowell
patent: 4488754 (1984-12-01), Hoesch et al.
patent: 5015010 (1991-05-01), Homeier et al.

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