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US 8,708,370 B1Granted
Safety enhancement for a safety belt
OwnerJohn Barkerinventor
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Abstract
A safety enhancement for a safety belt comprises an actuator housing mechanically coupled to a first end plate, a rotor blade, an orifice plate, a second end plate, a coil, and a spring cover by an actuator axel. The orifice plate comprises an orifice that allows hydraulic fluid to pass from a first side of the rotor blade to a second side of the rotor blade in order to increase or decrease tension on a safety belt to reduce user movement.
Claims4
A safety enhancement for a safety belt, the safety enhancement comprising,
- an actuator housing mechanically coupled to an actuator axel;
- the actuator axel is immediately adjacent to a first end plate, a rotor blade, an orifice plate a coil and a spring cover;
- wherein the actuator housing has the shape of a partial cylinder comprising a side defined by a point on the outside of the cylinder continuing partway to the center of the circle and a second side normal to the first side adjacent to the portion of the first side nearest the center of the cylinder and continuing to the outside of the cylinder;
- the orifice plate comprises an orifice that allows hydraulic fluid to pass from a first side of the rotor blade to a second side of the rotor blade in order to increase or decrease tension on the safety belt allowing user movement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.