Air belt device
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorHiroyuki Takeuchi
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Abstract
An air belt device constructed to release gas downward or sideways when a gas generator is activated in the state a tongue is separated away from a buckle. A duct (24) and inflator (26) are provided within a casing (30) of the buckle (10). A plug (22) is fit vertically movable to the upper end of the duct (24). The plug (22) can not move vertically when the socket (20) is inserted, but it can move when the socket (20) is not inserted. When the inflator (26) operates with the tongue (12) not fastened, gas is released downward from the release port (50).
Claims5
An air belt device including a seat belt for protecting a passenger, said seat belt having at least in a portion thereof an inflatable belt that is connected to a tongue detachably coupled to a buckle, wherein gas is supplied to the inflatable belt from a gas supplying device through gas passages respectively formed within the buckle and the tongue, said air belt device being characterized by a gas discharging port for discharging the gas, supplied from the gas supplying device, to a position below or beside the buckle when the gas supplying device is set in motion in case the tongue is detached from the buckle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.