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US 10,569,736 B2Granted
Emergency seatbelt release
OwnerRolin F. Barrett, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An emergency seatbelt release apparatus is disclosed for use in a seatbelt mechanism. The release apparatus includes a release actuator coupled to a seatbelt locking member to facilitate selective unlocking of the seatbelt locking mechanism from a biased locked position.
Claims1
An emergency seatbelt release apparatus for use in a seatbelt mechanism having a takeup reel with one or more lock points and a locking member biased to engage the locking point to prevent undesired drawout of seatbelt webbing, the emergency seatbelt release apparatus comprising:
- an actuator, located remotely from the seatbelt mechanism at a location within reach of a vehicle occupant, and
- at least a second actuator located at a remote location selected from under the hood, in the glovebox, or in the trunk;
- a cable operatively coupled between each actuator and the locking member such that independently activating any actuator causes the locking member to disengage from the locking point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.