Latching Mechanism
AssigneeHornling Industrial Inc.
InventorAvraham Ziv
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Abstract
A latching mechanism is applied to be mounted on a webbing of a seat belt system. The latching mechanism has a tongue assembly and a slider mounted on the tongue assembly. The slider has a bridge located at a side of the tongue assembly. The webbing passes through a bottom end of the bridge and is inserted through the slider and the tongue assembly. The webbing has a shoulder belt located at a side, which has the bridge, of the latching mechanism. When the slider is located in an unlocked position, the latching mechanism is capable of freely moving along the webbing. A tension of the shoulder belt acts on the bridge for driving the slider to move from the unlocked position to a locked position, such that the webbing is clamped and locked by the slider and the tongue assembly.
Claims15
A latching mechanism applied to be mounted on a webbing of a seat belt system, the latching mechanism comprising:
- a tongue assembly;
- and
- a slider slidably mounted on the tongue assembly, being moveable upwardly and downwardly, and having a bridge located at a side of the tongue assembly;
- wherein the webbing passes through a bottom end of the bridge and is inserted through the slider and the tongue assembly;
- the webbing has a shoulder belt located at a side, which has the bridge thereon, of the latching mechanism;
- when the slider is located in an unlocked position of the tongue assembly, the latching mechanism is capable of freely moving along the webbing;
- a tension of the shoulder belt acts on the bridge for driving the slider to move from the unlocked position of the tongue assembly to a locked position of the tongue assembly, such that the webbing is clamped and locked by the slider and the tongue assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.