Passenger safety device, vehicle including same and method of operating safety device using same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsHyuk Ho Kwon, Dae Hun Song
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Abstract
A passenger safety device can include a belt, a first restraint device being rotatable and having a first side and a second side connected to the belt, and a second restraint device connected to the first restraint device by the belt, where the second restraint device includes a roller rail, a roller connected to the roller rail and being drivable on the roller rail, and a belt support portion connected to the roller and capable of supporting the belt.
Claims20
A passenger safety device comprising:
- a belt;
- a first restraint device being rotatable and having a first side and a second side connected to the belt;
- and
- a second restraint device connected to the first restraint device by the belt, wherein the second restraint device includes:
- a roller rail,
- a roller connected to the roller rail and being drivable on the roller rail, and
- a belt support portion connected to the roller and configured to support the belt.
A method of operating a passenger safety device, the method comprising:
- a wheelchair docking device driving operation of coupling, by a controller, a wheelchair docking device to a wheelchair and moving, by the controller, the wheelchair by the wheelchair docking device;
- a first restraint device driving operation of rotating, by the controller, a first restraint device;
- and
- a second restraint device driving operation of moving, by the controller, a belt support portion of a second restraint device, wherein, in the second restraint device driving operation, the controller controls movement of the belt support portion by moving a roller connected to a wire by a wire motor.
A passenger safety device comprising:
- a belt;
- a first restraint device being rotatable and having a first side and a second side connected to the belt, wherein the first restraint device includes:
- a rotary motor,
- a rotary arm connected to the rotary motor,
- a first support arm connected to a first rotary-arm side of the rotary arm, and
- a second support arm connected to a second rotary-arm side of the rotary arm, wherein the first support arm and the second support arm are connected by the belt;
- a second restraint device connected to the first restraint device by the belt, wherein the second restraint device includes:
- a roller rail,
- a roller connected to the roller rail and being drivable on the roller rail, and
- a belt support portion connected to the roller and configured to support the belt;
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- a retractor located below the first restraint device and the second restraint device, wherein the retractor is configured to adjust a belt length of the belt, and wherein the belt extends from the retractor and passes through the belt support portion and the first support arm to the second support arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.