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US 10,518,739 B2Granted
Seatbelt assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly includes a seat. The assembly includes a buckle supported by the seat. The assembly includes a buckle mechanism pivotable relative to the seat between a stowed position and a latching position, and having a carrier movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The assembly includes a latch plate supported by the carrier and engaged with the buckle when the buckle mechanism is in the latching position and the carrier is in the extended position.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a buckle supported by the seat;
- a buckle mechanism pivotable relative to the seat between a stowed position and a latching position, and having a carrier movable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- and
- a latch plate supported within the carrier and engaged with the buckle when the buckle mechanism is in the latching position and the carrier is in the extended position.
2 more elements
An assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a buckle supported by the seat;
- a buckle mechanism pivotable relative to the seat between a stowed position and a latching position, and having a carrier movable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a latch plate supported by the carrier and engaged with the buckle when the buckle mechanism is in the latching position and the carrier is in the extended position;
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- a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to actuate the buckle mechanism to pivot from the stowed position to the latching position, and then to actuate the carrier from the retracted position to the extended position.
3 more elements
An assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a buckle supported by the seat;
- a buckle mechanism pivotable relative to the seat between a stowed position and a latching position, and having a carrier including a rack and movable between a retracted position and an extended position, the buckle mechanism including a cover, the carrier slidable within the cover to move between the retracted position and the extended position;
- a latch plate supported by the carrier and engaged with the buckle when the buckle mechanism is in the latching position and the carrier is in the extended position;
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- a motor supported by the cover and having a pinion engaged with the rack of the carrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.