Seat belt buckle
AssigneeTK Holdings Inc.
InventorChristopher Joe Kranz
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Abstract
A vehicle seat belt assembly comprises a vehicle seat configured to contain a seat occupant; a seat belt webbing mountable to the vehicle seat and connected to a latch plate, wherein the latch plate is configured to be releasably connected to a seat belt buckle in order to secure the webbing in a position capable of restraining the occupant; and a buckle strap mountable to a portion of the vehicle seat or vehicle structure and connected to the buckle, wherein the buckle strap includes a plurality of brackets configured to attach to a buckle component. Additionally, a vehicle seat belt assembly could comprise a buckle strap and buckle frame manufactured as a single component.
Claims10
A vehicle seat belt assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle seat configured to contain a seat occupant;
- a seat belt webbing mountable to the vehicle seat or a vehicle structure and connected to a latch plate, wherein the latch plate is configured to be releasably connected to a seat belt buckle in order to secure the webbing in a position capable of restraining the occupant;
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- a buckle strap mountable to a portion of the vehicle seat or vehicle structure and connected to the buckle, wherein the buckle strap includes a plurality of brackets configured to attach to a buckle component.
A vehicle seat belt assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle seat configured to contain a seat occupant;
- a seat belt webbing mountable to the vehicle seat or a vehicle structure and connected to a latch plate, wherein the latch plate is configured to be releasably connected to a seat belt buckle having a buckle frame in order to secure the webbing in a position capable of restraining the occupant;
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- a buckle strap mountable to a portion of the vehicle seat or vehicle structure, wherein the buckle strap and buckle frame of the seat belt buckle are manufactured as a single component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.