Inflatable seat belt unit

Details Inflatable seat belt unit Inflatable seat belt unit

1992-09-23

1994-09-13

Culbreth, Eric

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

280736, 280737, B60R 2118

Patent

active

053462505

ABSTRACT:
In an inflatable seat belt unit of the present invention, a bag-like belt 2b is maintained in a band-like shape in normal case. When a tongue 5 is engaged in a buckle unit 4 for putting the belt on, a gas flow hole 4a and a gas flow hole 5a are aligned, and a gas flowing passage is formed, while the gas flow hole 4a and the gas flow hole 5a are shut off by caps 11 and 12 in the normal case. Because a gas generator 9 is not operated in the normal case, the inflatable seat belt unit fulfills the function to restrain the occupant in the same manner as the conventional type ordinary seat belt unit. In an emergency, high pressure gas is generated from the gas generator 9, and the generated gas ruptures the caps 11 and 12 and enters the bag-like belt 2b. As the result, the bag-like belt 2b is instantaneously and perfectly inflated and developed, and the occupant can be perfectly received by the inflated and developed bag-like belt 2b.

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patent: 4360223 (1982-11-01), Kirchoff
patent: 5100171 (1992-03-01), Faigle et al.

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