Restraint belt presenter having offset rotary action
AssigneeJoalto Design, Inc.
InventorsJohn A. Townsend, Mohamed E. M. El-Sayed, Arthur L. Guertin, Paul J. Delorean, John E. Campbell, Michael P. Kaczmar
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Abstract
A restraint belt presenter assembly includes a restraint belt engaging member that is selectively driven by a track drive mechanism to catch and pull a restraint belt from its unused position to a presentation position for grasping by a vehicle occupant. The restraint belt engaging member includes a housing having an L-shaped slot that receives a finger assembly wherein the finger assembly has a rotary offset with locking movement for maintaining the finger assembly in an actuating position.
Claims13
A restraint belt presenter assembly for bringing a restraint belt forward comprising:
- a housing having a slot with a recessed portion;
- a finger assembly movably received in said housing for movement relative to said slot;
- a biasing member located in said housing for rotationally biasing said finger assembly toward an actuated position in said recessed portion of said slot;
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- a track drive mechanism mounted to a side surface of a vehicle seat, said track drive mechanism including an elongated track member and a selectively movable belt member;
- wherein said housing is slidably mounted on said track member and said belt member is operatively connected to said housing to selectively drive said housing from an initial position to a final position.
A restraint belt presenter assembly for bringing a restraint belt forward comprising:
- a housing having a generally longitudinal slot with a recessed portion;
- a shaft having a reduced diameter section movably received in said slot within said housing for rotational movement relative to said slot;
- a finger pivotally connected to said shaft for pivoting movement along said longitudinal slot;
- a biasing member located in said housing for rotationally biasing said shaft toward an actuated position;
- a spring member connected to said finger and said shaft for biasing said finger toward an actuated position;
- wherein said finger is positioned in said recessed portion of said slot;
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- a track drive mechanism mounted to a side surface of a vehicle seat, said track drive mechanism including an elongated track member, a selectively movable belt member and a motor for driving said belt member;
- wherein said housing is slidably mounted on said track member and said belt member is operatively connected to said housing to selectively drive said housing from an initial position to a final position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.