Passive vehicle safety belt apparatus
AssigneeVolkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGunter Hoffmann, Wilfried Kopke
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Abstract
A passive vehicle safety belt apparatus includes a diagonal shoulder belt which passes through a diverting device, mounted to the vehicle door adjacent to the vehicle seat at a level corresponding to the shoulder of a vehicle occupant, to a belt winding device mounted to the door. The belt diverting device is mounted to the vehicle door by a manually severable connection to enable safe exit from the vehicle, in the event the belt winding device is disabled by the occurrence of an accident.
Claims3
A passive vehicle safety belt apparatus, useable in connection with a vehicle seat adjacent to a vehicle door, comprising:
- a belt winding device mounted to said vehicle door;
- a belt diverting device arranged adjacent to said vehicle door at a level corresponding to the shoulder height of a vehicle occupant;
- a manually operable latch interconnecting said belt diverting device with said vehicle door;
- and a diagonal shoulder belt having one end mounted adjacent said seat on the side away from said door, extending across said seat and passing through said belt diverting device to said belt winding device;
- whereby when said latch is activated to release the connection between said diverting device and said vehicle door said belt extends across said seat in a slackened condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.