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US 9,827,947 B2Granted
Load limiting seat belt buckle assemblies
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Shenaq, Mohammed Omar Faruque
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Abstract
A seat belt buckle assembly includes a buckle housing; a plate extending from the buckle housing and defining a slot; and a bracket including a rivet engaged in the slot. The plate and rivet are configured such that, in response to an impact force that exceeds a threshold acting to pull the buckle housing away from the bracket, the slot plastically deforms, permitting the buckle housing and plate to translate relative to the bracket.
Claims13
A seat belt buckle comprising:
- a buckle housing;
- a plate, defining a slot, extending from the housing, the plate's thickness increasing along the slot;
- and
- a bracket including a rivet engaged in the slot,
- wherein the plate and rivet are configured such that, in response to an impact force exceeding a threshold acting to pull the housing away from the bracket, the slot plastically deforms, permitting the housing and plate to translate relative to the bracket.
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A seat belt buckle assembly comprising:
- a buckle housing;
- a plate extending from the buckle housing and defining a V-shaped slot, a thickness of the plate increasing along the slot;
- and
- a bracket including a rivet engaged in the slot,
- wherein the plate and rivet are configured such that, in response to an impact force that exceeds a threshold acting to pull the buckle housing away from the bracket, the slot plastically deforms, permitting the buckle housing and plate to translate relative to the bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.