# US 4,394,036 A · Passive safety belt arrangement

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- Number: US 4,394,036 A
- Document ID: US4394036A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/265,226
- Filed: 1981-05-19
- Granted: 1983-07-19
- Earliest claimed: 1980-05-20
- Assignees: Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
- Inventors: Christian Hildebrandt
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4394036A

## CPC

- B60R 22/06: having the belt or harness connected to a member slidable in a vehicle-mounted track
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A passive safety belt arrangement for vehicles has a safety belt with one end connected to a slide by a manually-operable closing device. The slide, which can be displaced by a drive means along a guide held on the vehicle body moves between a release position in which the belt is lifted off the body of a vehicle occupant, and a restraining position in which the belt is applied to the body of the occupant. If the slide becomes stuck at a position remote from the restraining position, the belt can be manually applied by attaching it to a counterpart fastened to a stationary part located in the area of the restraining position.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A passive safety belt arrangement for vehicles, for example passenger automobiles, has a safety belt with one end being connectable, by means of a manually-operable closing device, with a slide which can be displaced by a drive means, said slide being displaceable in a guide held on the vehicle body between a release position, in which the belt is lifted off the body of a vehicle occupant, and a restraining position, in which the belt is applied to the body of the vehicle occupant, characterized in that in the region of the restraining position of the slide, a counterpart, which is connectable with the a part of the closing device at the belt end, is fastened to a stationary point on the vehicle body.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A passive safety belt arrangement as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the closing device includes a locking device fixed to the belt end and the counterpart comprises an insertable shackle pivotable about the stationary point on the vehicle body, which shackle can be connected with the locking device fixed to the belt end.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A passive safety belt arrangement as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the insertable shackle is fixed on an anchoring element arranged in the region of the restraining position of the slide, said anchoring element being fastened to the vehicle body so as to establish a direct transmission of restraining forces from the belt to the vehicle body.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A passive safety belt arrangement as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the anchoring element position is adjustable in height.