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US 9,539,982 B2Granted
Belt buckle switch
AssigneeTRW Automotive GmbH
InventorJens Klaassen
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Abstract
A belt buckle including locking status detection, having a switching contact and a mating contact, wherein the switching contact and the mating contact are electrically conducting parts of a switch. The switching contact contacts the mating contact in an intermediate position of the switch in a first contact area at the mating contact and in an end position of the switch in a second contact area at the mating contact distant from the first contact area by a displacing distance.
Claims21
A belt buckle (10) including locking status detection, comprising:
- a switching contact (26) and a mating contact (24), the switching contact (26) and the mating contact (24) being electrically conducting parts of a switch, wherein the switching contact (26) contacts the mating contact (24) in an intermediate position of the switch in a first contact area at the mating contact (24) and in an end position of the switch in a second contact area at the mating contact (24) distant from the first contact area by a displacing distance, and
- a closing element that engages the switching contact to move the switching contact into contact with the mating contact, the closing element moving into engagement with the switching contact upon removal of a tongue from the belt buckle.
A belt buckle having locking status detection, comprising:
- a switch having an intermediate position and an end position
- an electrically conductive switching contact forming a first part of the switch;
- an electrically conductive mating contact forming a second part of the switch, the mating contact having a first contact area and a second contact area spaced apart from the first contact area, the switching contact contacting the first contact area when the switch is in the intermediate position and contacting the second contact area when the switch is in the end position;
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- a closing element that engages the switching contact to move the switching contact into contact with the mating contact at the first and second contact areas, the closing element moving into engagement with the switching contact upon removal of a tongue from the belt buckle.
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