Resettable Load-Limiting Adaptive Seatbelt Apparatus
OwnerMichael R. Schramminventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a resettable load-limiting adaptive seatbelt apparatus having the means to readily allow release or disengagement of the seatbelt apparatus at a predetermined load in response to a first situation, and having the means to prevent release or disengagement of the seatbelt apparatus at the predetermined load in response to a second situation, and yet having the means to allow limited non-disengagement load-limiting payout of the seatbelt apparatus at a variable predetermined load in response to a third situation.
Claims21
A seatbelt apparatus having a limited non-disengagement crash-load-limiting payout slip (limited slip) belt engagement device, wherein the threshold of resistance to slip of said apparatus varies without respect to belt movement.
A seatbelt apparatus having a seatbelt and a limited non-disengagement crash-load-limiting payout slip (limited slip) belt engagement device, wherein said belt engagement device applies a grip load to said seatbelt, and wherein said applied grip load varies without respect to seatbelt movement.
A seatbelt apparatus having a seatbelt and a limited non-disengagement crash-load-limiting payout slip (limited slip) belt engagement device, wherein in response to at least one predetermined variable, said belt engagement device adjusts such that the load required to cause belt payout varies without respect to belt movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.