Restraint system for a vehicle seat operatively mounted in a motor vehicle
AssigneeIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsDouglas W. Bittner, Jeffrey A. King, Chris P. Jessup, Steven Gale
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Abstract
A restraint system for a vehicle seat operatively mounted in a motor vehicle may include a restraint web operatively coupled to at least one of the vehicle seat and the motor vehicle, an elongated sleeve received on and at least partially about the restraint web, and a sleeve position adjuster coupled to the sleeve and including an actuator normally engaging a portion of the restraint web to fix a position of the sleeve relative to the restraint web and responsive to actuation thereof to disengage from the restraint web to allow the sleeve to be moved along the restraint web.
Claims20
A restraint system for a vehicle seat operatively mounted in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a restraint web operatively coupled to at least one of the vehicle seat and the motor vehicle,
- an elongated sleeve received on and at least partially about the restraint web, and
- a sleeve position adjuster coupled to the sleeve and including an actuator normally engaging a portion of the restraint web to fix a position of the sleeve relative to the restraint web and responsive to actuation thereof to disengage from the restraint web to allow the sleeve to be moved along the restraint web, the sleeve position adjuster including a biasing member configured to normally bias the actuator to engage the portion of the restraint web to fix the position of the sleeve relative to the restraint web.
A restraint system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- an occupant seat mounted to at least one of a plurality of frame components of the motor vehicle, the occupant seat having a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly away from the seat bottom,
- a restraint harness operatively coupled to the vehicle seat and configured to restrain an occupant seated in the vehicle seat, the restraint harness including a first shoulder web extending over or through the seat back,
- a first elongated sleeve received on and at least partially about the first shoulder web, and
- a first sleeve position adjuster coupled to the first sleeve and including a first actuator normally engaging a portion of the first shoulder web to fix a position of the first sleeve relative to the first shoulder web and responsive to actuation thereof to disengage from the first shoulder web to allow the first sleeve to be moved along the first shoulder web, the first sleeve position adjuster including a biasing member configured to normally bias the first actuator to engage the portion of the first shoulder web to fix the position of the first sleeve relative to the first shoulder web.
A restraint system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- an occupant seat mounted to at least one of a plurality of frame components of the motor vehicle, the occupant seat having a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly away from the seat bottom,
- a restraint harness operatively coupled to the vehicle seat and configured to restrain an occupant seated in the vehicle seat, the restraint harness including a first shoulder web extending over or through the seat back,
- a first web attenuator mounted to the seat back, wherein a first portion of the first web extending over or through the seat back is supported on and by the first web attenuator, the first web attenuator configured to dampen forces applied thereto by the first shoulder web under dynamic operating conditions of the motor vehicle,
- a first elongated sleeve received on and at least partially about a second portion of the first shoulder web which extends downwardly from the first portion along a front of the seat back, and
- a first sleeve position adjuster coupled to the first sleeve and including a first actuator normally engaging a portion of the first shoulder web to fix a position of the first sleeve relative to the first shoulder web and responsive to actuation thereof to disengage from the first shoulder web to allow the first sleeve to be moved along the first shoulder web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.