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US 11,167,719 B2Granted
Advanced four-point seat belt and vehicle including the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorYong-Woon Song
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Abstract
An advanced four-point seat belt may include: a three-point seat belt to diagonally hold a passenger with a webbing; and a motorized seat belt to allow a tongue of the webbing to maintain a state of being fixed to a side surface of a seat cushion to an initial position. In particular, when a vehicle collision situation is recognized, the motorized seat belt forms an “X” shape webbing confinement state by withdrawing the webbing and another webbing to locate the tongue at a central position of a body of the passenger.
Claims19
An advanced four-point seat belt, comprising:
- a three-point seat belt configured to diagonally hold a passenger with a webbing;
- and
- a motorized seat belt configured to allow a tongue of the webbing to maintain a state of being fixed to a side surface of a seat cushion to an initial position,
- wherein when a vehicle collision situation is recognized, the motorized seat belt is configured to form an “X” shape webbing confinement state by withdrawing the webbing and another webbing to locate the tongue at a central position of a body of the passenger.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an advanced four-point seat belt,
- wherein the advanced four-point seat belt includes:
- a three-point seat belt having a webbing configured to diagonally hold a passenger;
- and
- when a vehicle collision situation is recognized, a motorized seat belt configured to withdraw the webbing and another webbing to switch to an “X” shape webbing confinement state by locating a tongue of the webbing located below the passenger to a central portion of a body of the passenger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.