Buckle for a safety belt

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2008-02-21

2010-11-30

Luebke, Renee (Department: 2833)

Electricity: circuit makers and breakers

Special application

Actuated concurrently with operation or use of art device

C200S06158R

Reexamination Certificate

active

07842894

ABSTRACT:
A seat belt buckle for seat belts has a housing, an opening for inserting a seat belt tongue, a locking device for locking the seat belt tongue, and a release device for releasing the seat belt tongue from the lock. A sensor device electrically senses whether the seat belt tongue is locked, wherein the sensor device has a switch arrangement which can be activated by the seat belt tongue. The switch arrangement has an electrically conductive snap-action plate that can be moved between a first switched position and a second switched position. A mechanical activation device transmits a force exerted on the seat belt tongue during the insertion of the seat belt tongue onto the snap-action plate in order to move the snap-action plate from the first switched position into the second switched position. As a result, an electrical contact element is closed or opened.

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International Seach Report dated Dec. 6, 2006, mailed Dec. 21, 2006 for PCT Application Serial No. PCT/EP2006/007919, 3 pages.

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