Safety-belt arrangement
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsLeif Ennerdal, Thomas Magnusson
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Abstract
A tongue forming part of a safety belt is provided with two apertures adapted to receive the safety belt. The tongue has a portion adapted to be received and retained by a buckle forming part of a safety belt system. The tongue carries a clamping element adapted to be moved, by pressure applied to the clamping by the safety belt, to a clamping position in which the clamping element clamps part of a safety belt locking means are provided movable between a locking position and a release position. When the locking means are in the locking position the clamping element is prevented from moving to the clamping position. However, when the locking means are in the release position the clamping element may move to the clamping position.
Claims10
A tongue for a safety-belt assembly having at least two apertures for receiving a safety belt, comprising:
- a frame surrounding the at least two apertures;
- a portion projecting from said frame and being receivable and retainable by a safety-belt buckle;
- a clamping element mounted on said frame between the at least two apertures and being movable between a clamping position for clamping the safety belt between said frame and said clamping element, and a non-clamping position in which the safety-belt is freely movable between said frame and said clamping element;
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- a locking element attached to said frame in a region of said clamping element and movable between a locking position where said locking element is retained in a predetermined position relative to said frame and engages said clamping element so that said clamping element is retained and prevented from moving to the clamping position, and a release position where said clamping element is free to move to the clamping position.
A tongue according to claim 7 wherein the locking element comprises an element movable in a slot formed in the cross-arm of the frame, the locking element being provided with at least one resilient finger carrying a projection, which projection is engagable with recesses forming part of the side wall of the slot to retain the locking element in the locking position or in the release position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.