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US 4,729,581 AGranted
Seat belt support position adjusting apparatus
AssigneeNSK-Warner K. K.
InventorKatsuyasu Ono
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Abstract
A seat belt support position adjusting apparatus has a support device, a belt mounting device guided along the support device, a control device for making the mounting device stationary or movable relative to the support device with respect to a guide direction, and a detecting device for detecting whether the mounting device is in its stationary condition or in its movable condition.
Claims7
In a seat belt system, a seat belt support position adjusting apparatus comprising:
- support means having a plurality of latch portions provided along a predetermined direction of said support means;
- an adjustment anchor supported by said support means movably along the predetermined direction of said support means;
- a belt supporting member mounted on said adjustment anchor so as to move therewith;
- a latch member mounted on said adjustment anchor movably between an engaged position in which said latch member engages one of said latch portions so as to render said adjustment anchor fixed to said support means at said one of the latch portions and a non-engaged position in which said latch member is out of engagement with said latch portions so as to render said adjustment anchor movable along the predetermined direction of said support means;
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- detecting means for detecting whether said adjustment anchor is fixed to said support means or movable along the predetermined direction of said support means, said detecting means comprising a first member movable together with said adjustment anchor and a second member for interacting with said first member, said second member being mounted on a side of a vehicle body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.