Closure for a seat belt
AssigneesTRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG, TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.
InventorsMartin Röhrle, Bob McFalls
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Abstract
A closure for a seat belt comprises a release button shiftably mounted on a frame and cooperating with a latch which can be swiveled between a locking position and an opening position around a swiveling axis, and a blocking element that can assume a blocking position in which it blocks the latch in the locking position. The blocking element is mounted on the frame so as to pivot around an axis that passes through a center of gravity of the blocking element, so that it can be swiveled by the release button out of the blocking position into a release position.
Claims9
A closure for a seat belt, comprising a release button shiftably mounted on a frame and cooperating with a latch which can be swiveled between a locking position and an opening position around a swiveling axis, and a blocking element that assumes a blocking position in which said blocking element blocks said latch in said locking position, said blocking element being mounted on said frame so as to pivot around a pivoting axis that passes through a center of gravity of said blocking element, said release button causing said blocking element to pivot out of said blocking position into a release position, said blocking element, when in said blocking position, being exposed to a force from said latch, said force from said latch keeping said blocking element in said blocking position.
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