34results about "Semi-passive restraint systems" patented technology

A restraint system is used to provide a dynamically adjustable compliance for an occupant in a ride system. The restraint system includes a strap (118) with adjustable extension length to wrap around the occupant. A tension on the strap (118) is measured and used to adjust the length of the strap (118) to provide different restraint levels. The restraint level is associated with the condition of the occupant (e.g., height, weight, age, shape, size), a property of the ride system (e.g., configuration of the ride vehicle), an operating parameter of the ride vehicle (e.g., velocity, acceleration, moving direction), a feature of the environment that the ride vehicle rides in, or any combination thereof.

A seating device for a vehicle including a vehicle seat and a seat belt, wherein the vehicle seat includes a side frame, a seat back frame, and a reclining mechanism for inclining the seat back rearward, and a belt buckle and a belt anchor of the seat belt are coupled to a bracket.

An extendable arm assembly includes an extendable arm structure defining a first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis perpendicular to the first and second axes, the extendable arm structure configured to be actuated between a stowed configuration and an extended configuration, in the extended configuration the extendable arm structure is extended along the first axis. The extendable arm structure includes a main body including a plurality of recesses and a plurality of articulation portions, and a first bladder disposed on the main body bounding a recess formed in the main body. The extendable arm assembly is configured to apply a vacuum to the recesses to fold the main body along the articulation portions.

A safety belt connecting structure includes first and second shoulder belts, and an adjusting belt. The first and second shoulder belts have corresponding first and second shoulder belt coupling ends and first and second shoulder belt connecting end, and the first shoulder belt engaging end is coupled to a facility where the safety belt connecting structure is installed. The second shoulder belt coupling end is coupled to the facility. The adjusting belt has an adjusting belt connecting end and an adjusting belt adjusting end. The adjusting belt connecting end is connected with the first and second shoulder belt connecting ends, and the adjusting belt adjusting end is adjustably fixed with a positioning portion on the facility, so that an acting length of the safety belt connecting structure with respect to the facility is adjustable by adjusting a position of the adjusting belt with respect to the positioning portion.

The invention provides a safety belt delivery device and a vehicle, and belongs to the technical field of vehicle parts, and the safety belt delivery device comprises a shell, the delivery arm is slidably arranged in the cavity; the driving mechanism comprises a movable displacement execution element; the displacement executing element is connected with the displacement input end of the connecting rod mechanism, the displacement output end of the connecting rod mechanism is connected with the delivery arm, and the connecting rod mechanism is arranged to be capable of amplifying displacement of the displacement executing element and transmitting the displacement to the delivery arm. The stroke between the retraction position and the extension position is larger than the stroke between the first position and the second position. The mechanism has the beneficial effects that the connecting rod mechanism can play a role in stroke amplification, so that the displacement execution element can drive the delivery arm to complete long-stroke movement only by moving a relatively short stroke; the time required for the displacement execution element to complete the short stroke is extremely short, so that the stretching speed of the safety belt delivery device can be greatly increased, and the stretching time consumption is shortened.

The present disclosure provides a buckle (1), including a male buckle (20, 30) having an engaged portion (250, 350); a female buckle (10) including a housing (110), a cover (120), and a locking member (50), the housing (110) and the cover (120) enclosing an accommodation space, the locking member (50) being movably disposed in the accommodation space, the locking member (50) having an engaging portion (510), the engaging portion (510) having a locked position in which it is locked with the engaged portion (250, 350) and an unlocked position in which it is unlocked from the engaged portion (250, 350); and an operation member (40), which is movably disposed on the female buckle (10) to selectively actuate the engaging portion (510) to be unlocked from the engaged portion (250, 350). The cover (120) or the locking member (50) is provided with an elastic member (122) which applies a force to the engaging portion (510) in a direction towards the locked position. The present disclosure provides a buckle (1) with simple structure, light weight, and low assembly cost.

To provide a seat belt device and vibration system thereof capable of giving an occupant a comfortable skin sensation linked to various sound sources including audio. To achieve this, the vibration system (100) of the seat belt device (1) configured to wind the seat belt (2) for a vehicle according to the present disclosure is a vibration system (100) including an actuator provided in the seat belt device (1), and a control device that processes an input signal based on a prescribed vibration generation trigger to extract a rhythm component signal, performs pulse modulation processing according to the difference between the rhythm component signal and a prescribed threshold at fixed intervals, and drives the actuator according to the pulse-modulated signal.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system for improving safety of an occupant by a vehicle seat belt, which can provide adaptive protection for an occupant in different seat positions and different sitting postures. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for improving safety of an occupant by a vehicle seat belt, and still another object of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable medium. The a system for improving safety of an occupant by a vehicle seat belt includes an in-vehicle observation system, an active seat belt system, and an integrated safety domain control unit. The integrated safety domain control unit formulates a vehicle seat belt protection strategy based on received data from the in-vehicle observation system, and a slack state of an active retractor and a positional state of an active lift buckle in the active seat belt system, to implement selective tightening or loosening of the active retractor and / or selective lifting or lowering of the active lift buckle.

A belt fixing device (10) for a racing belt in a motor vehicle is provided, comprising a mounting bracket (14) for attaching a webbing (20) of the racing belt, a fixing element (12) for the fixed fixing of the mounting bracket (14) to a load-bearing support body (16) of the motor vehicle, and an additional retaining device (22) that can be fixed in place by the fixing element (12) for the fixed retention of a buckle tongue (30) of a 3-point belt. The retaining device (22), which is fixed together with the mounting bracket (14) of the racing belt, allows the buckle tongue (30) of the non-removed 3-point belt to be easily parked, thus enabling the simple integration of a racing belt into a motor vehicle equipped with a 3-point belt.

An occupant protection device includes: a placement surface portion disposed on a seat portion and allowing an occupant to be placed thereon to support a region on a lower surface side at least around front ends of thighs of the occupant; two shoulder restraint belts extending from vicinities of left and right edges at an upper end of a backrest portion, disposed to pass in front of left and right shoulders of the occupant, and having distal ends coupled to vicinities of left and right edges at a front end of the placement surface portion; a placement surface portion-side belt being able to be unreeled by an unreeling mechanism and having a distal end coupled to a vicinity of a rear end of the placement surface portion; and a retractor disposed behind the seat and being able to reel each shoulder restraint belt upon detection of an impact force.

The invention relates to a belt retractor (1) having a device for sensing the extension length of a safety belt, wherein - the belt retractor (1) has a frame (3) which can be fastened fixedly to the vehicle and a belt shaft (2) mounted rotatably in the frame (3), on which belt shaft the safety belt can be wound, and - the device for sensing the extension length has a first rotation angle transmitter (16) and a first rotation angle sensor (6), and - a reduction gear mechanism (23) is provided which reduces the rotation of the belt shaft (2) to a rotation of the first rotation angle transmitter (16) with a lower speed, and - a second rotation angle transmitter (15) and a second rotation angle sensor (5) are provided, and - the second rotation angle transmitter (15) is driven by the belt shaft (2) at a speed greater than the speed of the first rotation transmitter (16).

The invention provides a safety belt device and a vibration system thereof. The safety belt device and the vibration system thereof can impart comfortable skin feelings linked with various sound sources with audio as the first to an occupant. In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the vibration system (100) for a seatbelt device (1) according to the present disclosure is configured so as to wind a seatbelt (2) for a vehicle, and comprises: an actuator attached to the seatbelt device (1); and a control device for processing an input signal triggered on the basis of a prescribed vibration generation to extract a rhythm component signal, performing pulse modulation processing on the basis of the difference between the rhythm component signal and a prescribed threshold value at regular intervals, and driving the actuator on the basis of the pulse-modulated signal.

A belt fixing device (10) for a racing belt in a motor vehicle is provided, comprising a mounting bracket (14) for attaching a webbing (20) of the racing belt, a fixing element (12) for the fixed fixing of the mounting bracket (14) to a load-bearing support body (16) of the motor vehicle, and an additional retaining device (22) that can be fixed in place by the fixing element (12) for the fixed retention of a buckle tongue (30) of a 3-point belt. The retaining device (22), which is fixed together with the mounting bracket (14) of the racing belt, allows the buckle tongue (30) of the non-removed 3-point belt to be easily parked, thus enabling the simple integration of a racing belt into a motor vehicle equipped with a 3-point belt.

The invention relates to a belt presenter (1) for a safety belt (2), with a serving arm (4) which is translationally movable relative to a base element (6) along a movement axis (7) for serving a webbing (5) from a stowed position (V) to a serving position (A), wherein the serving arm (4) has at its end (E) a fork head (11) with two fork tines (12, 13) for serving the webbing (5), which are pivotably coupled to each other about a pivot axis (S) extending perpendicular to the movement axis (7), whereby the fork tines (12, 13) can be pivoted away from each other about the pivot axis (S) during each movement of the serving arm (4) from the stowed position (V) to the serving position (A) and are thus movable from a closed position (GS) to an open position (OS), in which the webbing (5) is held against the Fork tines (12,13) can be supported and thus moved along the axis of movement (7) with the reaching arm (4).

To provide a seating device for a vehicle capable of sufficiently supporting an occupant even when a seat back is inclined backward.SOLUTION: In the vehicular seating device 100 including a vehicular seat 10 and a seat belt 40, the vehicular seat 10 includes a side frame 13, a seat back frame 14, and a reclining mechanism 20 for tilting a seat back 12 backward, and the seat belt 40 has a belt buckle 42 and a belt anchor 44 connected to a bracket 23.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Vehicle seat safety system, comprehensive: a vehicle seat (100) configured to move between a substantially reclining position and a substantially seated position, the vehicle seat (100) comprising at least a backrest (120) and a seat surface (130); an enclosure configured to store a ceiling airbag (210) in a deflated position prior to a collision, wherein the enclosure is located near the head of a passenger (101) in the vehicle seat (100); a first electromechanical restraint system (710R) assigned to the backrest (120) and coupled to the ceiling airbag (210) by a first physical coupling; and a second electromechanical restraint system (710L) assigned to the seat surface (130) and coupled to the ceiling airbag (210) by a second physical coupling, wherein the first and second electromechanical restraint systems (710R, 710L) pull the ceiling airbag (210) from the unfurled position to a furled position in which the ceiling airbag (210) substantially covers the sections of a passenger (101) that are located on the backrest (120) and the seat surface (130).

An extendable arm assembly comprises an extendable arm structure defining a first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis perpendicular to both the first and second axes. The extendable arm structure is configured to operate between a stowed configuration and an extended configuration, in which the extendable arm structure extends along the first axis. The extendable arm structure includes a main body having a plurality of recesses and a plurality of hinge sections, and a first bladder located on the main body that delimits the recesses formed in the main body. The extendable arm assembly is configured to apply negative pressure to the recesses to fold the main body along the hinge sections.

To provide a belt retractor having a device that allows for sensing the extended length of a belt strap with improved resolution. [Solution] This relates to a belt retractor (1) having a frame (3) that can be fixedly attached to a vehicle, and a belt shaft (2) that is rotatably mounted within the frame (3) and onto which a safety belt can be wound, a device for detecting the extension length has a first rotary encoder (16) and a first rotational angle sensor (6), a reduction gear unit (23) is provided that reduces the rotation of the belt shaft (2) to a rotation of the first rotary encoder (16) at a lower speed, a second rotary encoder (15) and a second rotational angle sensor (5) are provided, and the second rotary encoder (15) is driven by the belt shaft (2) at a speed higher than the speed of the first rotary encoder (16).

Seat belt buckle device (10) for securing a person in a vehicle seat, comprising a main buckle (12); and a plurality of seat belt lashes (14; 14a-d), wherein each seat belt lash (14; 14a-d) of the plurality of seat belt lashes is configured to be insertable into a respective opening of the main buckle (12), wherein each seat belt lash (14; 14a-d) is secured by the main buckle (12) upon being inserted into its respective opening of the main buckle (12), such that the seat belt buckle device is (10) in a secured state, wherein the main buckle (10 comprises a first buckle element (38) and a second buckle element (40), wherein each of the first buckle element (38) and the second buckle element (40) is configured to receive and secure at least one seat belt lash (14; 14a-d), and wherein the main buckle (12) comprises an actuation mechanism (28) configured to release the at least one seat belt lash (14; 14a-d) secured by the first buckle element (38) independently from the at least one seat belt lash (14; 14a-d) secured by the second buckle element (40).

A restraint system is used to provide dynamically adjustable compliance for an occupant in a seating system. The restraint system includes a strap (118) having an adjustable extension length to surround the occupant. Tension on the strap (118) is measured and used to adjust the length of the strap (118) to provide different levels of restraint. The constraint level is associated with conditions of the occupant (e.g., height, weight, age, shape, size), properties of the ride system (e.g., configuration of the ride vehicle), operational parameters of the ride vehicle (e.g., speed, acceleration, direction of movement), characteristics of the environment in which the ride vehicle travels, or any combination thereof.

The utility model discloses an active pre-tightening force limiting type safety belt which comprises a frame. The mandrel assembly is used for connecting and winding the braid; the clutch is used for realizing positive and negative rotation of the mandrel assembly; the locking assembly is used for limiting and locking the mandrel assembly in case of emergency; the motor is arranged on the frame; the transmission assembly is used for transmission between the motor and the clutch; the shell is used for protecting the transmission assembly; the coil spring assembly is used for resetting the mandrel assembly; compared with a traditional outer ratchet wheel type clutch, the inner ratchet wheel type clutch is arranged, so that the response time of overall transmission of the active pre-tightening force limiting type safety belt is shorter, collision can occur only when ratchets are meshed with pawls during normal operation of the clutch, the vibration amplitude is small, and the noise is small.

A child safety seat and a safety belt limiting device are disclosed. The child safety seat includes a safety belt limiting device and a seat body. The safety belt limiting device is configured to be attached to the seat body, the safety belt limiting device includes a first engagement portion, and the safety belt limiting device is adapted to detachably engage with a shoulder belt portion of a vehicle-mounted safety belt through the first engagement portion, so as to apply downward traction to the shoulder belt portion.

The invention relates to a belt system consisting of a belt winding device (9) and a belt buckle device for a vehicle seat (1), wherein the belt winding device (9) is positioned on the vehicle seat (1) such that a first section (12) of a belt runs essentially horizontally.

CHILD CAR SEAT WITH RETRACTABLE BELT SYSTEM The present invention relates to a child car seat (1), comprising a backrest, a headrest (21), and a seat, defining a seating area designed for the child to sit on. The seat further comprises a belt system (4) including a plurality of shoulder straps (42) and a plurality of shoulder belts (43). The belt system (4) is switchable between a closed and an open configuration. The seat also includes an opening system (5) configured to move the plurality of shoulder belts (43) away from the fastening element (41) when the belt system (4) is in the open configuration.The opening system (5) comprises a plurality of first return elements (51), active on the plurality of shoulder straps (43) to retract the attachment element of each strap towards the respective shoulder strap (42), when the belt system (4) is in the open configuration. Figure to be published with the abbreviation: Figure 1.

To provide an occupant protection device capable of accurately restraining an occupant without pressing the front surface of a region near the waist or abdomen of the occupant.SOLUTION: The occupant protection device is mounted on a seat 1. A placement surface part 5 which is arranged in a seat part 3 of the seat, and on which an occupant is placed so as to be able to support a region on a lower surface side in the vicinity of at least a front end of a femoral region of the seated occupant; Two shoulder restraining belts 7L and 7R which are arranged so as to pass in front of the left and right shoulders of the occupant and whose distal ends are connected to the vicinity of left and right edge portions on the front end side of the placement surface portion; placement surface portion side belts 9L and 9R which are capable of being reeled out by reel-out mechanisms 13L and 13R and whose distal ends are connected to the vicinity of the rear end of the placement surface portion; and retractors 11L and 11R which are disposed at positions on the rear side of the seat and are configured to wind up the respective shoulder restraining belts when detecting an impact force acting from the front of the occupant.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for securing a rider (16) inside a ride vehicle (18) of an amusement park ride (10). For example, the disclosed systems and methods include a restraint system (e.g., lap belt (36), harness, restraint bar (e.g., lap bar, shoulder bar), and the like) that includes a locking mechanism (14) that is activated and deactivated remotely. The remote release locking mechanism (14) includes redundant latches (84) (e.g., a primary latch (84A) and at least one secondary, redundant latch (84B)) and encompasses a relatively small amount of components housed in a relatively small amount of space.

Restraint device for an occupant (60) seated in a seat (5) with: - a first seat belt section (11) which, when worn, extends over the left shoulder (65) of the seated occupant (60), - a second seat belt section (21) which, when worn, extends over the right shoulder (66) of the seated occupant (60), - a central connector (50) which is connected or connectable to the first seat belt section (11) and the second seat belt section (21), wherein this central connector (50) encloses an inflatable gas bag (52), and - a third seat belt section (31) which is connected or connectable to the central connector (50), and - a fourth safety belt section (41) which is connected or connectable to the central connector (50), characterized in that the four safety belt sections (11, 21, 31, 41) essentially form an X when connected to the central connector (50), such that the first safety belt section (11) is essentially aligned with the third safety belt section (31) and the second safety belt section (21) is essentially aligned with the fourth safety belt section (41).