Pyrotechnically activated hook for seatbelt assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMurugan Sundaram Ramasamy, Mangesh Kadam, Srinivas Reddy Malapati
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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMurugan Sundaram Ramasamy, Mangesh Kadam, Srinivas Reddy Malapati
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A vehicle includes a vehicle seat having a first side and a second side spaced cross-seat from each other. A seatbelt buckle is fixed to the first side. A seatbelt assembly includes a latch plate engageable with the seatbelt buckle and a webbing having a lap portion defined by the latch plate when the latch plate is engaged with the seatbelt buckle. A hook is retractably supported by the second side of the vehicle seat. The hook is retractable relative to the vehicle seat from a first position to a retracted position. The hook is engageable with the lap portion of the webbing as the hook retracts. A lock includes a pin engageable with the hook when the hook is in the first position and the retracted position. A spring biases the pin toward the hook. A pyrotechnic device is operatively coupled to the lock to disengage the pin from the hook.
A vehicle comprising:
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