Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1999-04-30
2000-12-05
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
B60R 2200
Patent
active
061556017
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle seat assembly for protecting an occupant of a vehicle from injury includes a seat assembly having a seat back and a seat bottom, a pair of side bolsters disposed on each side of the seat back, a combined seat/lap belt and shoulder belt restraint which is affixed directly to the seat assembly, and a secondary shoulder restraint affixed to the seat assembly. The seat bottom includes a front portion and a ramp upwardly sloped towards the front portion of the seat bottom. A cushion constructed of a rate sensitive compression material having a compressive response to a slow application of force and a rigid response to a rapid application of force is disposed adjacent to the seat ramp. Pretensioning devices are operatively connected to both the combined seat/lap belt and shoulder belt restraint and to the supplemental shoulder belt restraint and are adapted to activate in response to a signal from a crash sensor to remove slack from the combined seat/lap belt and shoulder belt restraint and/or the supplemental shoulder belt restraint.
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Cantor Alan Everett
D'Aulerio Louis Anthony
Domzalski Leon P.
Holmberg Bruce Peter
Markushewski Michael Leonid
ARCCA Incorporated
Rice Kenneth R.
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