Dual mode passenger restraint system

Details Dual mode passenger restraint system Dual mode passenger restraint system

1986-12-12

1988-03-22

Bertsch, Richard A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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2421074A, 280801, 280807, 297476, B65H 7548, A62B 3502

Patent

active

047324090

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle is equipped with a knee bolster for restraining an adult passenger's lower torso within a seat during emergency conditions, and a chest belt having one end wound onto an acceleration-sensitive retractor located at the lower, inward side of the seat and a second end releasably-secured to first quick-release means attached to a door or door frame of the vehicle adjacent to the seat for restraining the passenger's upper torso within the seat. A dual mode retractor having both an acceleration-sensitive mode and an automatic-locking mode is providing along with control means for engaging the automatic-locking mode. A second quick-release means is provided at the lower, outward side of the seat for alternative releasably receiving the chest belt lower end. The second quick-release means is provided with switch means for switching the replacement retractor to the automatic-locking mode when the second end of the belt is engaged therewith. This enables the system additionally to function in a second mode as an automatic-locking lap belt for restraining small children or infant seats.

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patent: 3890003 (1975-06-01), Close
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patent: 4552319 (1985-11-01), Gavagan et al.
patent: 4573646 (1986-03-01), Willey
patent: 4583701 (1986-04-01), Matsui et al.
patent: 4585185 (1986-04-01), Ueda

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