Biasing arrangement for seatbelt buckle
AssigneeTRW Vehicle Safety System Inc.
InventorRobert L. Morgan
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Abstract
A seatbelt arrangement for restraining an occupant of a vehicle in a seat. The seatbelt arrangement has a latch plate and a buckle to which the latch plate can be locked. The buckle includes a housing having a plurality of sidewalls, a biasing member anchor provided on one of the plurality of sidewalls, and a mounting anchor. A mounting member is connected to the mounting anchor. The mounting member secures the buckle to the vehicle. A biasing member is attached to the biasing member anchor. The biasing member biases the buckle to a stowed position when the seatbelt arrangement is unfastened
Claims15
A seatbelt arrangement for restraining an occupant of a vehicle in a seat, the seatbelt arrangement comprising:
- a latch plate;
- a buckle to which the latch plate can be locked, the buckle including a housing having a plurality of sidewalls, a biasing member anchor provided on one of the plurality of sidewalls on the exterior of the housing, and a mounting anchor;
- a mounting member connected to the mounting anchor, the mounting member securing the buckle to the vehicle;
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- a biasing member attached to the biasing member anchor, the biasing member biasing the buckle to a stowed position when the seatbelt arrangement is unfastened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.