Buckle pretensioner for seat belt systems

Details Buckle pretensioner for seat belt systems Buckle pretensioner for seat belt systems

1993-06-14

1994-05-24

Sakran, Victor N.

Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.

Separable-fastener or required component thereof

Including member having distinct formations and mating...

24603, 24633, A44B 1100

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053136900

ABSTRACT:
A buckle pretensioner for a seat belt system includes a support member on which a buckle is mounted for movement generally downwardly from a normal upper position to a pretensioning lower position in which pretension is applied to the seat belt. A rotary actuator mounted on the support member and supplied with gas from a gas generator provides a driving force for moving the buckle downwardly along the support member. A connecting mechanism, which includes a force-transmitting mechanism that transduces a tangential force produced by rotation of the rotor of the rotary actuator to a translational force, connects the rotary actuator to the buckle for transmitting the driving force from the rotary actuator to the buckle. A locking device locks the buckle in the lower position to which it is driven by the driving force.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3142102 (1964-07-01), Saunders
patent: 3146846 (1964-09-01), Gutshall
patent: 4644616 (1987-02-01), Ferry
patent: 5097571 (1992-03-01), Fohl

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