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US 10,064,452 B1Granted
Seatbelt tongue
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Ching-Hung Chuang
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Abstract
A seatbelt tongue includes a webbing-receiving portion, a tongue portion, and a connecting portion connecting the webbing-receiving portion and the tongue portion. The connecting portion includes a lattice structure plastically deformable relative to the webbing-receiving portion and the tongue portion.
Claims18
A seatbelt tongue comprising:
- a webbing-receiving portion;
- a tongue portion;
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- a connecting portion connecting the webbing-receiving portion and the tongue portion, wherein the connecting portion includes a lattice structure plastically deformable relative to the webbing-receiving portion and the tongue portion, and wherein the lattice structure includes a repeating pattern of cells connected to each other.
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A seatbelt assembly comprising:
- a seatbelt retractor;
- a seatbelt having a webbing payable from the seatbelt retractor;
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- a seatbelt tongue slideably receiving the webbing and releaseably mountable to a buckle;
- the seatbelt tongue including a webbing-receiving portion, a tongue portion, and a connecting portion connecting the webbing-receiving portion and the tongue portion, wherein the connecting portion includes a lattice structure plastically deformable relative to the webbing-receiving portion and the tongue portion, and wherein the lattice structure includes a repeating pattern of cells connected to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.