Belt end fitting device
AssigneeTakata-Petri AG
InventorsOliver Glinka, Alain Agret
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Abstract
A pivotally or foldably mounted belt end fitting device is provided to secure a seatbelt. The belt end fitting device minimally obstructs and/or disturbs a vehicle passenger, in particular when the passenger is getting into or out of a rear seat of the vehicle.
Claims11
A belt end fitting device for securing a seatbelt, wherein the belt end fitting device is pivotably or foldably mounted at a location on a vehicle body or a vehicle seat,
- wherein the belt end fitting device is configured to pivot at the mount location from a predetermined normal position in the direction of the vehicle floor,
- wherein the belt end fitting device comprises a spring drive that exerts a pivoting force to pivot the belt end fitting device,
- wherein the spring drive comprises a torsion spring,
- wherein the belt end fitting device comprises a locking device that is configured to lock the belt end fitting device in its predetermined normal position and that is configured to prevent a pivoting of the belt end fitting device by the spring drive,
- wherein the belt end fitting device is coupled in such a manner to a seatback of the vehicle seat that, when the seatback is pivoted, the belt fitting device also pivots automatically.
A belt end fitting device for securing a seatbelt, wherein the belt end fitting device is pivotably or foldably mounted at a location on a vehicle body or a vehicle seat,
- wherein the belt end fitting device is coupled in such a manner to a seatback of the vehicle seat that, when the seatback is pivoted, the belt fitting device also pivots automatically,
- wherein the pivoting movements of the belt end fitting device and that of the seatback are in opposite directions.
A belt end fitting device for securing a seatbelt, wherein the belt end fitting device is pivotably or foldably mounted at a location on a vehicle body or a vehicle seat,
- wherein the belt end fitting device is configured to pivot at the mount location from a predetermined normal position in the direction of the vehicle floor,
- wherein the belt end fitting device comprises a spring drive that exerts a pivoting force to pivot the belt end fitting device,
- wherein the spring drive comprises a torsion spring,
- wherein the belt end fitting device comprises a locking device that is configured to lock the belt end fitting device in its predetermined normal position and that is configured to prevent a pivoting of the belt end fitting device by the spring drive,
- wherein the locking device is connected to a seat-side release element that is configured to unlock the locking device and that is configured to release a pivoting of the belt end fitting device by the spring drive when the seatback is unlocked and/or is pivoted forward in the direction of travel.
A belt end fitting device for securing a seatbelt, wherein the belt end fitting device is pivotably or foldably mounted at a location on a vehicle body or a vehicle seat,
- wherein the belt end fitting device comprises a belt-tensioning device with which the seatbelt is tensioned in the event of an accident,
- wherein the belt-tensioning device comprises a gas generator and a tensioning tube that is connected to the gas generator,
- wherein a tensioning piston, which is guided in the tensioning tube, is connected to a belt-connecting device via a tensioning cable, and wherein the tensioning piston tensions the tensioning cable and the seatbelt when driven by the gas generator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.