Securing device for the safety belt of a restraining system
AssigneeRepa Feinstanzwerk GmbH
InventorArtur Fohl
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Abstract
Restraining system, especially a passive restraining system, for motor vehicles wherein one end of the belt is slideable in a slider track, preferably arranged above the vehicle door, and can be locked at the end of the track behind a securing element which extends into the slider track. An inertial mass sensor activated when an acceleration or tilting force exceeds a predetermined value, results in movement of the inertial mass in the direct path of the movable securing element causing blocking of its movement and retaining it in locked position to lock the belt end.
Claims7
A restraining system for motor vehicles, especially a passive restraining system, with a safety belt and a securing device for the safety belt, comprising a seat belt for restraining a person in a seat of the vehicle, a slider track disposed in the vehicle with one end of said seat belt slideable in the slider track, a movable securing element for locking said one end of the seat belt at the end of the track, spring means with a force sufficient to urge said movable securing element in the path of the belt end in the slider track but of insufficient force to prevent the belt end from sliding into and away from the end of the track, an inertial mass sensor in which the inertial mass is activated at the occurrence of an acceleration or a tilting force which exceeds a predetermined value, said activation being movement of said inertial mass in the direct path of movement of said movable securing element without moving it to block movement of the securing element retaining it in locked position to lock said belt end.
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