Safety seat belt system
AssigneeNSK-Warner K.K.
InventorHironobu Imai
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Abstract
A safety seat belt system for use in a vehicle in which an upper end section of its webbing is made narrower to allow the use of a compact retractor that can be placed in the center pillar of the vehicle. In order to prevent the narrower upper section to be extended over the torso of the occupant when worn by the occupant and to safely restrain the torso by the remaining broader webbing section, at least two guide members are provided to guide the webbing between the retractor and relevant shoulder of the occupant. Owing to the compact structure of the retractor, it is suitable particularly for small cars.
Claims2
In a safety seat belt system for a vehicle including a shoulder webbing, an upper end portion of the shoulder webbing being adapted to be releasably wound up on a retractor, but, when worn by an occupant, said shoulder webbing being extended to restrain the torso of the occupant, the improvement comprising said upper end portion of the webbing being formed narrower than the rest of the webbing, and said system further including at least two guide members for threadingly guiding said webbing between said retractor and the relevant shoulder of said occupant without allowing said narrower end portion of the webbing to extend over the occupant, a lap webbing which is continuous with said should webbing thereby forming a lap shoulder continuous webbing, a first one of said guide members being located at an upper portion of a central pillar of the vehicle and said second one guide members being spaced from the first guide member in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and being secured on the inner wall of the roof of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.