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US 7,607,508 B2Granted
Vehicle side collision occupant restraint system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Zhao, Leonard A. Shaner, James C. Cheng
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Abstract
A safety restraint system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes a seat belt buckle (60) and a retractor (53) mounted approximately at or below a pelvic level of a vehicle occupant (98). A seat belt (52) extends over a side pelvic portion (97) of vehicle occupant (98) and directly prevents outward lateral displacement of the side pelvic portion (97) during a side collision event.
Claims16
A safety restraint system for a vehicle comprising:
- at least one seat belt buckle;
- at least one retractor mounted approximately at or below a pelvic level of a first side of a vehicle occupant;
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- at least one seat belt extending completely around and in contact with at
- at least a side pelvic portion of said vehicle occupant opposite said first side such that said vehicle occupant is partially encircled thereby;
- said at least one seat belt directly preventing outward lateral displacement of said side pelvic portion during a side collision event;
- wherein said at least one seat belt extends across said vehicle occupant, passes around said vehicle occupant's side pelvic portion and continues back towards said first side.
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