386results about "Semi-passive restraint systems" patented technology

A four-point seat belt system for restraining a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat is disclosed. Two shoulder belts are provided which are buckled together with a pair of lap belts. The convergence of the shoulder belts created at the buckles defines a V-shaped configuration which aids in occupant safety and comfort. Movably-adjustable retractors are provided to anchor the upper end of each shoulder belt to the vehicle seat. A movable headrest having a pair of laterally-adjustable belt loops is provided to further enhance occupant security and comfort.

A re-settable vehicle seat belt buckle pre-tensioner presenter system and method for operating the same.

A re-settable vehicle seat belt pre-tensioner apparatus is disclosed having a first member engagable with a second member that is moveable relative to the first member, and re-settable in response to various sensed driving conditions to pretension the seat belt around the operator and return to a non pre-tensioned status when the driving conditions have passed. The apparatus may be operated by positioning the belt for use; determining whether the seat belt buckle is in use; locking the pre-tensioner and lowering the seat belt buckle below the seat occupation plane; determining whether a threshold vehicle seat belt pre-tension load has been met; raising the belt buckle to a design position, unlocking the retractor; determining whether a threat event is imminent and locking the retractor; lowering the vehicle seat buckle relative to the plane of occupation, determining whether a crash event is occurring, and if yes, deploying a pyrotechnic deployment to secure the occupant in the seat.

A buckle device that includes a buckle with which a tongue supported by a seat belt becomes engaged, and buckle-moving device which moves the buckle between a storage position at which the buckle is stored when the buckle is not used and a use position at which the buckle is retained in a used state in which the seat belt is fastened. The buckle may be hidden in the vehicle seat at the storage position. The buckle does not obstruct the occupant when the occupant sits on or gets off the vehicle seat, and the occupant can smoothly sit on or get off the vehicle seat.

A personal restraint system for a seat in a motor vehicle including a three-point belt system and a two-point belt system. The three-point belt system including a first belt retractor, and a first belt web having a first belt latch plate, and a first belt buckle. The two-point belt system including a second belt retractor, and a second belt web having a second belt latch plate, and a second belt buckle. The second belt retractor including a blocking device which engages a spool of the second belt retractor when both belt webs are wound up on their respective retractors to prevent engagement of the two-point belt system if the three-point belt system is not engaged.

A seat-belt-restraint-system (40) for a vehicle occupant (30) seated in a vehicle seat (32). Seat-belt-restraint-system (40) includes two shoulder belts (42) and (46), a middle portion belt (52), a seat belt buckle (60), a seat belt latch (58), a connect mechanism (50), and a lap belt (54). The upper end of shoulder belt (42) is extendable and retractable to the upper portion of the vehicle adjacent the occupant's shoulder. The upper end of shoulder belt (46) is extendable and retractable to the upper portion of seatback (34) adjacent the occupant's shoulder. The lower ends of both shoulder belts (42) and (46) lead to connect mechanism (50). The first end of middle portion belt (52) leads to connect mechanism (50). The second end of middle portion belt (52) is connected to the first end of lap belt (54). The second end of lap belt (54) is anchored to the vehicle and disposed on the outboard side of occupant (30). Connect mechanism (50) interconnects the lower ends of both shoulder belts (42) and (46) and the first end of middle portion belt (52). Seat belt latch (58) has a webbing loop, through which middle portion belt (52) is threaded, such that seat belt latch (58) is slidable along middle potion belt (58). Seat belt buckle (60) is anchored to the vehicle and disposed on the inboard side of the occupant (30) for lockably receiving seat belt latch (58).

An Occupant Retraction System (ORS) retracts a partially exposed occupant into a vehicle. The system responds to a trigger, wherein an occupant support retracts and actively pulls the occupant into the vehicle interior. The triggering event may be initiated by a manual switch, a rollover sensor, a crash sensor, a hostile ordnance sensor, or the like. A belt, harness, or foot strap may be connected to the occupant support to pull the occupant into the vehicle interior. A forcing means may be provided by a spring, hydraulic, pneumatic, or electro-mechanical actuator. The system further includes a damper for limiting acceleration to a safe maximum.

Seat belts of a transport system are provided with anti-submarining seat-belt assemblies. A lap-belt portion of each assembly, restraining the lower part of the body of a belted passenger, is subdivided into two anti-submarining belt portions, which properly restrain the thighs when plug-in connecting at least one anti-submarining latch-plate to one of the anti-submarining buckle assemblies, all of which, equipped with energy absorbers, are arranged in a seat cushion. As a result, the energy-absorbing, anti-submarining seat-belt assembly substantially lowers great belt force in an accident, reduces the elongation of the seat belt and prevents submarining.A separately operated release button, when depressed, frees the passenger from the anti-submarining protection.Ease of use is ensured by one-click operation of a master release-button, which, when depressed, releases all latch-plates.Detachable anti-submarining latch plates, when not in use, are stored in a storage box. When needed they are attached to the lap-belt portion.

A structure of vehicle seat including a seat cushion frame pivoted therein, a striker, and a lock mechanism for locking and unlocking the seat cushion frame to and from the striker. The lock mechanism is disposed in the rearward area of the seat cushion frame, while the striker is fixed on the floor of vehicle, so as to allow smooth and direct escape of a great load from the seat cushion frame via the striker to the floor. This avoids the necessity of any reinforcement leading to weight increase of the seat. Also, a seat belt is provided in the seat cushion frame together with the lock mechanism in an integral manner.

A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus includes: a retracting device that retracts one end side of a webbing for restraining an occupant so that the webbing can be withdrawn; a webbing holding portion that holds the other end side of the webbing; and a fixing member to which the retracting device and the webbing holding portion are attached.

A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus includes: a retracting device that retracts one end side of a webbing for restraining an occupant so that the webbing can be withdrawn; a webbing holding portion that holds the other end side of the webbing; and a fixing member to which the retracting device and the webbing holding portion are attached.

An amusement device, in particular a roller coaster, for providing a sense of excitement to one or more passengers using the amusement device. The amusement device has an elongated track along which one or more amusement device seat assemblies adapted to carry the one or more passengers are moveable. Each seat assembly has a seat with a seating surface and a back support with a back support surface. The seat assembly further includes a bar construction attached to a pivot mechanism. This bar construction has a hip bar and one or more pivot arms integral with the hip bar, which bar construction is pivotable about the pivot axis from a raised position in which the hip bar is raised from the seating surface to allow a passenger to sit down in the amusement device seat assembly, to a lowered position. The bar construction is such that no part of the bar construction takes away the view of the person and limits the movements of the arms of the person, allowing the passenger to experience a great sense of freedom.The seat assembly further includes a belt construction with two shoulder straps and an adjustable length mechanism associated with each shoulder strap to allow for adaptation of the length of the shoulder straps to the size of the passenger in the lowered position of the bar construction such that the shoulder straps are in physical contact with the shoulders and upper part of the body of a passenger seated in the amusement device seat assembly so as to increase the sense of safety of the passenger.

A restraint system for restraining a person in a vehicle of transportation, includes a safety harness having length adjustable shoulder belts and a buckle for connecting the shoulder belt on a chest-side of a person and a stiff U-shaped shoulder yoke having legs, which are contoured to a torso of the person, and a high collar interconnecting the legs, whereby the shoulder belts are secured by a fastening mechanism behind the collar. The legs of the shoulder yoke and the shoulder belts have confronting sides which are formed, at least partially, with an interacting engagement structure which is configured to increase friction as the shoulder belts move in relation to the legs in longitudinal direction, while inhibiting a displacement of the shoulder belts in relation to the legs in transverse direction.

A seat belt system for use on a bus or like vehicle includes a ring to which two lap belt elements and a shoulder belt element are attached. One of the lap belt elements has hook-and-loop fastener material on an end thereof that fits into the ring whereby the size of the seat belt system can be adjusted and the seat belt system can be easily and quickly opened if necessary.

It is judged whether a marking unit formed on a material becomes a bright mark or a dark mark. Based on this judgment, for the work W of a material in which the marking unit becomes a bright mark, the code symbol of the 2-dimensional code of the original image is bright / dark-reversed to generate a reversed code symbol 1R. By doing this, a laser marker 10 is controlled so as to apply a laser beam to the cell of the background portion without applying the laser beam on the cell of the code portion. On the other hand, in the case of the normal material in which the marking unit becomes a dark mark, the laser marker 10 is controlled to apply the laser beam to the cell of the code portion without applying the beam to the cell of the background portion.

A combination seat belt buckle presenter and seat belt use reminder includes an actuator to cause the extension and retraction of a buckle to improve buckle accessibility. A flexible support member transmits force from the actuator to the buckle. A self-locking device prevents forward or upward movement of the buckle. The self-locking mechanism is preferably configured as an energy-absorbing seat belt load limiter. The seat belt buckle presenter is preferably automated.

A safety belt assembling device is designed to assemble a child restraint system with a vehicle seat. The safety belt assembling device includes a child restraint having a sunken structure, a panel and a fastener mechanism. The child restraint is connected with the child restraint system. The panel is rotatably disposed on the child restraint and adapted to press a safety belt of the vehicle seat inside the sunken structure. The fastener mechanism includes a locking rod, at least one latching hook and a releasing actuator. The locking rod is disposed inside the sunken structure. The latching hook is rotatably disposed on the panel and utilized to detachably catch on the locking rod. The releasing actuator is rotatably disposed on the panel and connected with the latching hook. The releasing actuator is rotated from a flush position to a protruding position to disengage the latching hook from the locking rod.

An adjustable seat belt rerouter system includes a cord, a cord length adjustment mechanism, and a shoulder belt guide. The shoulder belt guide is slidingly connectable to the shoulder belt. The seat belt rerouter system includes a means for attaching a first end of the cord to the shoulder belt guide and a means for attaching a second end of the cord to a vehicle attachment point. When the cord first end is attached to the shoulder belt guide and the cord second end is attached to the vehicle attachment point, the cord length is adjustable with the cord length adjustment mechanism for rerouting and holding the shoulder belt away from a vehicle occupant's neck and face.

A seat belt device for a vehicle includes a buckle head mounted on a seat and designed to couple with a tongue and a carriage unit allowing the buckle head to be displaced in horizontal and vertical directions of the seat so that the buckle head and the tongue are easily coupled to or decoupled from each other when a belt is fastened or unfastened. The seat belt device facilitates fastening of a seat belt more conveniently by allowing for the horizontal and vertical displacement of a buckle head.

A restraint system for use on a vehicle's seat to better restrain by providing belts and belt guiding components to restrain a person in the event of an accident. The system uses a flexible, generally rectangular sheet having an upper surface, a lower surface, the rectangular sheet further having an upper edge, a lower edge and a mid-section between the upper edge and the lower edge, the lower edge of the rectangular sheet being adapted for attachment to the upper edge of the rectangular sheet. A set of shoulder-belts extending from the rectangular sheet at a location between the mid-section of the rectangular sheet and the upper edge of the rectangular sheet, the shoulder-belts are adapted for attaching to the lap-belt, so that they will extend from the rectangular sheet to the lap-belt, and so that the person is held against the rectangular sheet by the shoulder-belts and the lap-belt.

A buckle device that includes a buckle with which a tongue supported by a seat belt becomes engaged, and a buckle-moving device which moves the buckle between a storage position at which the buckle is stored when the buckle is not used and a use position at which the buckle is retained in a used state in which the seat belt is fastened, wherein the buckle-moving device is adapted to move the buckle between the storage position and the use position with a rotational movement, and wherein the buckle device further comprises a buckle-supporting member that is adapted to support the buckle and includes an external-force-reducing mechanism which reduces an external force applied to the buckle-supporting member if the external force is larger than a predetermined force, wherein the external-force-reducing mechanism is a buckle-moving device that allows the buckle to move in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle when the external force is applied to at least one of the buckle and the buckle supporting member in the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle. The buckle may be hidden in the vehicle seat at the storage position. The buckle does not obstruct the occupant when the occupant sits on or gets off the vehicle seat, and the occupant can smoothly sit on or get off the vehicle seat.

A seat belt apparatus for a vehicle that allows a vehicle passenger to smoothly get in or out of the vehicle. The seat belt apparatus may be mounted in a vehicle, so that with a turning operation of a turning member, a seat belt front-end of an overall seat belt, that is fixed to the turning member of an out-anchor apparatus, is set at a first setting position close to a vehicle passenger upon wearing the seat belt and at a second setting position remote from the vehicle passenger upon retracting the seat belt.

A passenger vehicle seat and restraint system comprising a frame mountable to a vehicle and a restraint member and a seat member coupled to the frame to form a seat for supporting an occupant. The vehicle seat may further comprise a seat back frame movably attached to the frame and a restraint harness affixed to the frame and the seat back frame for securing the occupant thereto.

The pregnancy seatbelt with facility of quick release has a seat mat adapted to be placed on the seat of the automobile and secured thereto by an elongated securing strap connected to the seat mat and fastened about a lower portion of the vehicle seat back. Criss-cross elastic straps sewn into the seating mat in a criss-cross pattern and a VELCRO hook and loop material attachment joining both criss-cross elastic strap and adapted to capture / hold the lap strap of vehicle seat belt. The VELCRO hook and loop material attachment is positioned in such a manner as to pull the criss-cross elastic straps extending upwardly and the lap strap portion downwardly in position over the hypogastric area of the lower abdominal region of the user. In this position, the VELCRO hook and loop material attachment directs the seatbelt in such a manner as to extend across the lower abdominal region of the user thereby avoiding contact with the womb area.