Belt buckle for a safety belt in a child restraint system
AssigneeHolmbergs Safety System Holding AB
InventorsSimon Johansson, Rickard Bengtsson, Yuk Ming Cheng
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Abstract
The invention is related to a buckle housing (1; 1′) for a safety belt in a child safety seat. The buckle housing (1; 1′) comprises a recess (2; 2′) adapted to receive a tongue (3; 3′) of the safety belt, a magnet (4; 4′) 5 arranged within the housing (1; 1′) to be movable between a first position (P1) and a second position (P2) thereof, and a magnet sensor (5; 5′) arranged in the housing (1, 1′) and adapted to detect when the magnet (4, 4′) is in the second position (P2). The invention also relates to a method for indicating the presence of a tongue (3; 3′) in a belt buckle housing (1; 1′).
Claims13
A buckle housing for a safety belt of a child restraint system, comprising:
- a recess adapted to receive a tongue of the safety belt,
- a magnet arranged within the buckle housing to be
- movable between a first position and a second position thereof, and
- a magnet sensor arranged in the buckle housing and adapted to detect when the magnet is in the second position,
- wherein the magnet is arranged to be in the second position when the tongue is present in the recess and in the first position when the tongue is separated from the recess.
A method for indicating the presence of a tongue in a belt buckle housing, the belt buckle housing comprising a recess adapted to receive a tongue of the safety belt, a magnet arranged within the housing to be movable between a first position and a second position thereof, and a magnet sensor arranged in the housing and adapted to detect when the magnet is in the first position or second position, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- arranging the magnet in the second position when the tongue is present in the recess, and
- arranging the magnet in the first position when the tongue is separated from the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.