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US 11,052,857 B2Granted
Vehicle seat assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly includes a belt and one of a buckle or a clip. The belt has a first inflatable portion inflatable to an inflated position, a second inflatable portion inflatable to an inflated position, and an intermediate portion between the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion. The intermediate portion includes a fluid channel connecting the first inflatable portion to the second inflatable portion. One of the buckle or the clip is slidably attached to the intermediate portion.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- a lap belt having a first inflatable portion inflatable to an inflated position, a second inflatable portion inflatable to an inflated position, and an intermediate portion between the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion, the intermediate portion including a fluid channel connecting the first inflatable portion to the second inflatable portion;
- one of a buckle or a clip slidably attached to the intermediate portion;
- and
- a shoulder belt extending through the other of the buckle or the clip.
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A seat, comprising:
- a back and a bottom;
- a retractor mounted to the bottom;
- a side buckle mounted to the bottom;
- a second retractor mounted to the back;
- a lap belt retractably extendable from the retractor to the side buckle and inflatable to an inflated position;
- a shoulder belt retractably extendable from the second retractor and inflatable to an inflated position;
- and
- one of a buckle or a clip slidably connected to the lap belt and engageable with the shoulder belt.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a belt having a first inflatable portion inflatable to an inflated position, a second inflatable portion inflatable to an inflated position, and an intermediate portion between the first inflatable portion and the second inflatable portion, the intermediate portion including a fluid channel connecting the first inflatable portion to the second inflatable portion;
- a first stop between the first inflatable portion and the intermediate portion and a second stop between the second inflatable portion and the intermediate portion;
- and
- one of a buckle or a clip slidably attached to the intermediate portion between the first stop and the second stop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.