Automatic release device for seat belts on motor-vehicles or the like
AssigneeEurafrica Videomatic S.r.l. Societa' per Ricerche Elettroniche ed Audiovisive
InventorNardino Righi
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Abstract
An automatic release device for seat belts on motor-vehicles, or the like is designed to be disposed between the locking buckle (1) of the seat belt and the retaining catch (2) provided with an unlocking pushbutton (102) and secured to the frame of the vehicle. The device comprises a retaining mechanism (105) for the locking buckle (1) of the belt and, at the opposite side, a buckle (103) for engagement with the retaining catch (2). Moreover, it comprises mechanical elements (16) to cause the retaining catch (2) to open and release the device therefrom, these elements being controlled for this purpose by timing elements (8,9,R) activated by an impact and becoming operative after a pre-established time.
Claims15
An automatic release device for use with a seat belt on a motor vehicle or the like where the seat belt has a locking buckle and a retaining catch for securely retaining the locking buckle and for releasing the locking buckle when an unlocking pushbutton is pushed, said automatic release device being interposed between the locking buckle and the retaining catch and comprising:
- a retaining means at one side for securely retaining the locking buckle of the seat belt to said automatic release device;
- a substitute locking buckle at an opposite side from said retaining means which securely retained by the retaining catch of the seat belt in place of the locking buckle of the seat belt which is retained by said retaining means such that actuation of the unlocking pushbutton causes the retaining catch to release said substitute locking buckle and hence said automatic release device together with the locking buckle of the seat belt secured to said automatic release device;
- a pushbutton actuating means for pushing the pushbutton of the retaining catch;
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- a timing means which is actuated by an impact for actuating said pushbutton actuating means to push the pushbutton after a pre-established period of time from the impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.