Self-standing seat buckle mount for automotive vehicles
AssigneeAllied Corporation
InventorRobert C. Pfeiffer
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Abstract
A self-standing seat belt buckle mount for automotive vehicles having an elongated semi-rigid member supporting at one end a seat belt buckle. The other end of the semi-rigid member is pivotally attached to a mounting bracket. Disposed between the semi-rigid member and the mounting bracket is a spring clutch providing a friction force adjustably retaining the semi-rigid member in any position between its pivotal limits. The spring clutch comprises a clutch plate attached to either the semi-rigid member and the mounting bracket and a washer type spring compressively disposed between the clutch plate and the other of said semi-rigid member or mounting bracket.
Claims32
In a self-standing seat belt buckle mount for a safety restraint system having a seat belt buckle mounted to one end of a semi-rigid member, a mounting bracket, and a pivot member pivotally connecting the mounting bracket with the other end of the semi-rigid member, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a clutch plate connected to the other end of the semi-rigid member, said clutch plate having a spring engagement surface and an axial aperture circumscribing the pivot member;
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- a spring member compressively disposed between said clutch plate and the mounting bracket to produce a frictional force biasing said spring member into engagement with said spring engagement surface of said clutch plate for retaining the semi-rigid member in an adjustable self-standing position.
In a self-standing seat belt buckle mount for a safety restraint system having a seat belt buckle mounted to one end of a semi-rigid member, a mounting bracket, and a pivot member pivotally connecting the mounting bracket with the other end of the semi-rigid member, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a clutch plate connected to the mounting bracket, said clutch plate having an axial aperture circumscribing said pivot member and a spring engagement surface;
- a spring member compressively disposed between said clutch plate and the other end of the semi-rigid member to produce a frictional force biasing said spring member into engagement with said spring engagement surface of said clutch plate.
A self-standing seat belt buckle mount for a vehicle safety restraint system comprising:
- a seat belt buckle;
- an elongated semi-rigid member connected at one end to said seat belt buckle;
- a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to a structural member of the vehicle;
- a pivot member pivotally connecting the other end of said semi-rigid member to said mounting bracket;
- a clutch plate circumscribing said pivot member and connected to said semi-rigid member;
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- a washer type spring compressively disposed between said clutch plate and said mounting bracket, said washer type spring frictionally engaging said clutch plate for producing a frictional force retaining said semi-rigid member in an adjustable self-standing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.