Passive seat belt system
AssigneeAllied Corporation
InventorsRudy V. Thomas, Robert L. Stephenson, Richard L. Frantom
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Abstract
A passive seat belt system, such as for a three occupant seat, including a rotatable shaft mounted on the vehicle roof and a carriage movable on the shaft in response to rotation of a seat belt retractor as seat belt webbing is extended and retracted as a result of door movement.
Claims22
In a passive seat belt system including at least one seat belt mounted in said vehicle for movement between restraining and non-restraining positions for an occupant seat in said vehicle and movable means movable along a shaft mounted in said vehicle and operable to move said seat belt between its restraining and non-restraining positions, the improvement comprising:
- said movable means comprising means for contacting said belt to move said belt between its said positions, said shaft being rotatably mounted in said vehicle and said shaft being rotatable in response to a force applied to said belt, said shaft comprising a grooved shaft and said movable means being movable along the grooves of said shaft.
A passive seat belt system for a vehicle having center and outboard passenger seating positions, a door adjacent said outboard passenger's seating position and a roof, said system comprising:
- first anchor means mounted outboard of said outboard passenger's seating position;
- second anchor means mounted at a fixed position in said vehicle;
- a seat belt for said outboard passenger's seating position having one end attached to said first anchor means and the other end attached to said second anchor means;
- third anchor means provided in said vehicle;
- fourth anchor means mounted at a fixed position in said vehicle;
- a seat belt for said center passenger's seating position having one end attached to said third anchor means, said third anchor means being located at a position such that said seat belt for said center passenger's seating position is adapted to extend across said seating position from the inboard side thereof, the other end of the belt being attached to said fourth anchor means;
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- a grooved shaft rotatably mounted to said roof of said vehicle at a position adjacent to said center and outboard passengers' seating positions,
- movable means movable along the grooves of said shaft, each of said belts being capable of contact with said movable means, said movable means being movable to a first position in said vehicle whereby said belts are in non-restraining positions to facilitate access to said center and outboard passenger's seating positions and said movable means being movable to a second position in said vehicle whereby said belts are in restraining positions to provide seat belt restraint for said seating positions.
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