Back to results
US 2023/0226994 A1Published application
Four-point seat belt and relative road vehicle
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorsGianluca FUMAROLA, Elena PETTINATO
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Four-point seat belt comprising two thoracic branches configured to anchor the chest of a user to a backrest of a vehicular seat; two abdominal branches configured to girdle and anchor the waist of the user to the vehicular seat; at least one damping device configured to be activated upon exceeding a first predetermined value of a tension force imparted by the user to the belt; wherein the damping device is configured to cause, upon its activation, a controlled advancement of the chest of the user while limiting the acceleration of the head of the user.
Claims14
1) Four-point seat belt (5) comprising:
- at least two thoracic branches (6) configured to anchor the chest (C) of a user (U) to a backrest (7) of a vehicular seat (4);
- at least two abdominal branches (8) configured to girdle and anchor the waist of the user (U) to the vehicular seat (4);
- the seat belt (5) being characterized in that it comprises at least one damping device (19) configured to be activated upon exceeding a first predetermined value (TS′) of a tension force (F) imparted by the user (U) to the belt (5);
- the damping device (19) being configured to cause, upon its activation, a controlled advancement of the chest (C) of the user (U) while limiting the acceleration of the head of the user (U);
- wherein each damping device (19) comprises one or more damping seams (21), the seams being configured to break or unravel upon the activation of said damping device (19);
- wherein the one or more damping seams (21) have a zigzag structure.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.