Abstract: A passive seat belt system includes a guide rail, a movable anchor, drive means for causing the anchor to travel along the rail, a base to be mounted on a vehicle body and equipped with plural interlocking portions arranged with a vertical interval when mounted on the vehicle body, and a support member displaceable between an engagement position, at which the member engages either one of the interlocking portions of the base so as to restrain an occupant with a webbing fastened to the anchor, and a non-engagement position. The member is composed of a single rod-like member which in the event of emergency, engages the anchor assuming the occupant-restraining position so as to transmit a load exerted on the anchor to the vehicle body by way of the base. The above system permits, with a relatively simple and compact structure, easy wearing and release of a webbing without need for occupant's hands and change of the holding position of the anchor depending on the physical constitution of the occupant.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device suitable for use in adjusting the supporting position of a webbing of a vehicle seat belt system. When a force is applied to an adjustable anchor, the force is received by a substantially, turned, square U-shaped face so as to permit reception of significantly large forces without need for enlarging the device.

Abstract: An installation for the displacement of a belt band, i.e., a safety belt in a vehicle, into a position favorable for being seized by the passenger, in which a vehicle lateral wall, especially a vehicle door, includes a guide rail in which a guide element is retained movable to and fro in the driving direction; an entrainment member is pivotally secured at the guide element, which in the rest position is pivoted into the vehicle door out of sight; during the transporting, the entrainment member pivots out of the vehicle door, engages the belt band from behind and displaces the same into a position favorable for pick-up by the passenger.

Abstract: A seatbelt system automatically fastens a webbing to an occupant of a vehicle after he has entered the vehicle and seated in a seat. The wind-up force of a webbing retractor for winding up the webbing is temporarily reduced by a control means in the course of the operation for fastening the webbing to the occupant. Thus, it is possible to eliminate the possibility that the webbing may rub against the body of the occupant during the operation for automatically fastening the webbing to the occupant.

Abstract: An automatic seatbelt system for use of a seated passenger in a vehicle. The automatic seatbelt has a movable shoulder anchor which is actuated by a motor. The rotation of the motor is transmitted through a ball wire which comprises balls having openings therein and a wire extending through the openings of the balls. The ball wire forwardly and rearwardly moves within a groove defined within a guide rail. An upper end of the seatbelt is connected to the slider which is located between the balls of the ball wire.

Abstract: An installation in a passive safety belt actuating mechanism for the displacement of an entrainment member for a safety belt and of an unlocking element for unlocking the entrainment member from a locking mechanism, along a guide profile by means of an elongated flexible member extending in a guide profile, on which the entrainment member is secured for limited longitudinal displacement while the unlocking element is non-displaceably secured thereon; the elongated flexible member consists of a cable rigid in tension and compression with a plastic sleeve which is removed in the longitudinal displacement section of the entrainment member and in a fastening area of the unlocking element adjoining the same.

Abstract: A latch device for a webbing anchor used in the seat belt system of a vehicle comprises a guide rail disposed in the vehicle with a predetermined locus, an anchor to which the end of webbing is fixed and which has an engaging pawl, the anchor being engaged with the guide rail for movement along the track of the guide rail, a driving member slidable along the guide rail and engaged with the anchor so as to be relatively displaced by a predetermined amount in the direction of sliding movement, the driving member being adapted to drive the anchor on the guide rail to bring the same to a seat occupant restraining position and a seat occupant non-restraining position, and a latch member fixedly disposed adjacent to the driving member and having an engaging portion engageable with the engaging pawl of the anchor and a cam portion forming cam means with the driving member.

Abstract: A tape-like driving force transmitting member is used in a passive seat belt to guide a webbing automatically between a passenger-restraining position and a passenger-releasing position. A plurality of notches is spacedly formed in at least one side edge of the driving force transmitting member. Owing to the provision of the notches, the driving force transmitting member of this invention can be bent readily not only in its thickness direction but also in its width direction, thereby allowing the driving force transmitting member to move smoothly.

Abstract: An automatic positioning device for a passive safety belt able to move a mobile positioning point for the belt in order to retain and release the seat occupant by opening and closing the door, comprising a rack bar of arcuate shape rigidly fixed at one end to the vehicle body, and a pinion engaging therewith which is rotatably supported by the door and operationally connected to an amplifier mechanism which is itself operationally connected to the belt and is able to convert the rotary movement of the pinion into an amplified rectilinear movement of said positioning point along a rail disposed diagonally on the door.

Abstract: In a driving device for moving an automatic seat belt between a seat occupant restraining position and a seat occupant liberating position, a rotatable member to which one end of an elongate drive member is attached and by which the drive member is taken up or pushed out is formed with a portion for containing the drive member therein, and the drive member is guided from the portion to an exit lying at a position deviated in the direction of the rotational axis of the rotatable member and is pushed out from the exit.

Abstract: A passive seat belt device in which a runner member to which a part of webbing is connected is moved on a rail member by being driven by a driving motor and thereby can assume a seat occupant restraining position and a seat occupant liberating position has a device for detecting the ambient temperature and a device for controlling the driving force of the motor. The driving force of the motor is increased when the ambient temperature is low and the driving force is decreased when the ambient temperature is high.

Abstract: A guide rail unit for an automatic seat belt which comprises a guide rail body formed in a rectangular shape, a slider connected to the side end of the seat belt inserted into the guide rail body with a body, a head and a slider drive tape slidably inserted thereto, the guide rail body being formed with an opening for guiding said slider along the longitudinal direction of the body and formed sequentially with a guide groove of the slider drive tape, a guide groove of the slider body and a guide groove of the slider head from the opening side therein, an anchor bracket of thin plate secured to the guide rail body around the guide rail body, and the anchor bracket being formed with a mounting hole for mounting the said bracket to the pillars at the position in the vicinity of the rail body. Thus, the guide rail unit can be mounted in the narrow pillar part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a passive seat belt system suitable for use in a vehicle such as passenger car. It is constructed of a guide rail, a runner movable along the guide rail so as to guide a webbing between an occupant-restraining position and an occupant-releasing position, a force-transmitting member connected with the runner and driven along the length of the guide rail by drive means, an inertia-sensing member movable in response to changes in speed of the vehicle, and a pawl operable by the inertia-sensing member in the event of an emergency of the vehicle so that the pawl is brought into engagement with the force-transmitting member to restrain any further movement of the runner along the guide rail. It is thus possible to make a free selection as to the installation positions of the pawl and inertia-sensing member, thereby bringing about such an advantageous effect that the freedom has been increased in laying out a seat belt system.

Abstract: An adjusting device for the point of articulation or the point of deflection of a safety belt in automotive vehicles permits continuous adjustment of the angle of articulation for the safety belt in contact with the shoulder of the vehicle occupant to a predetermined value with the aid of an electric pickup for the angle of articulation, arranged at the point of articulation or deflection, and a comparison circuit connected after this pickup, which comparison circuit contains the predetermined value.

Abstract: In a passive safety belt system for a motor vehicle, the belt is moved away from the body of the user when the corresponding vehicle door is opened. A master piston-and-cylinder unit is connected between the door and the vehicle body so as to respond to opening and closing movements of the door. Slave piston-and-cylinder units having a smaller bore and larger stroke than the master piston-and-cylinder unit, are connected to the master piston-and-cylinder unit so that a relatively short displacement of the piston of the latter causes a longer displacement of the piston of the former. Each slave piston-and-cylinder unit connected to the safety belt adjacent to a respective anchorage and arranged to displace the safety belt forwardly away from the seat as the door is opened.

Abstract: A seat belt latch device has latch means for retaining an engaging member coupled to a seat belt. The latch means includes inertia sensing means for sensing a predetermined variation in speed of a vehicle, and a retaining member responsive to the sensing operation of the inertia sensing means. The retaining means retains the engaging member when there is a predetermined variation in speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A passive vehicle occupant restraint belt system comprises a movable anchor which is moved by a driven transfer element along a guide rail between a release location corresponding to the occupant-releasing configuration of the belt and a restraint location corresponding to the occupant-restraining configuration of the belt. The movable anchor is releasably locked to a fixed anchor at the restraint location by a cam-released pawl, an inertia device, or other suitable releasable locking means.

Abstract: A passive seat belt device having a seat belt with both ends attached to a vehicle body, directly or indirectly with at least one seat belt end connected to a seat belt wind-up retractor. A powered guide member on a track or pivoting arm at the center of the vehicle guides the seat belt in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle between forward and rearward positions for either releasing or loading the seat belt, respectively, for the occupant. A switching circuit is provided in association with the guide member and other vehicle levers, such as the gear shift or hand brake, which functions to stop the movement of the guide member whenever such a lever is in a position to interfere with the forwardly moving path of the guide member.

Abstract: Drive device for moving the end fitting of a passive safety belt along a predetermined motion track which has track sections extending at an angle to each other, by means of a flexible pulling and pushing means which can be driven by a drive and is coupled to the end fitting to be moved. The pulling and pushing means are guided with radial play relative to the pulling means axis in a guide extending along the motion track and have links which can move relative to each other and are arranged with axial spacing in a fixed relationship to each other.

Abstract: A passive vehicle occupant restraint belt system comprises a movable anchor which is moved by a driven transfer element along a guide rail between a release location corresponding to the occupant-releasing configuration of the belt and a restraint location corresponding to the occupant-restraining configuration of the belt. The movable anchor is releasably locked to a fixed anchor at the restraint location by a cam-released pawl, an inertia device, or other suitable releasable locking means.

Abstract: A drive device for a movable belt guide in a passive vehicle occupant restraint belt system comprises a rotatable sprocket wheel having a multiplicity of sprocket teeth that provide positive winding and unwinding of a flexible drive tape having holes that receive the sprocket teeth. A guide member that keeps the tape from loosening on the sprocket wheel is engaged by a guide control member that controls the guide member in relation to the number of turns of the belt on the sprocket wheel.

Abstract: A locking apparatus for use with safety belts of the type protracted and retracted on a spool which is locked by inertia forces in an emergency. The safety belt passes through a clamping assembly which is activated upon sliding movement of the retractor reel from protraction forces in the locked state greater than a pre-established threshold amount.

Abstract: Anchorage for the belt latch of a safety belt arranged in vehicles, especially motor vehicles, with a lock fitting which is connected to the height-adjustable seat. A frame fitting, relative to which the lock fitting can slide in a guide. A locking part for connecting the above-mentioned fittings upon the action of a pulling force cancels the holding force of a connecting element on the belt. The locking part designed as a rocking lever is pivoted on the one side at the height-adjustable seat and on the other side at the lock fitting. The locking part has a detent serration which in normal operation is held by the connecting element (shearing pin) at a distance from a detent element of the frame fitting and is swung, after the holding force is overcome, and is detented by the detent element forming a lock.

Abstract: A passive seat belt for an automobile is disclosed. A guide rail is mounted to a sashless door or a roof side rail, and a movable anchor member is adapted to move in the groove of the guide rail so that the one end of a belt, connected to the free end of the movable anchor member, may be kept at a certain height higher than the door panel for preventing the belt from contacting a part of a body of a driver or a passenger. The guide rail may be straight and positioned horizontally or may be bent at the rear end of the door. The movable anchor member may be locked by a locking stop. The guide rail is covered by a decorative trim piece. The movable anchor member is reinforced by a reinforcing member mounted to the door, the pillar, or the like of the automobile.

Abstract: In a passive restraint seat belt structure wherein a seat belt end is fixed to a slider which is movable along a mounting rail, and which is to be fixed to the rear end of the rail when the door of the vehicle is closed, a locking device for fixing the slider is disclosed. The slider is driven by a driver member which is loosely connected to the slider with a certain amount of free play therebetween. When the slider is driven backwards, the driver member is in a first position relative to the slider which allows engagement between an engagement assembly on the slider and an engagement assembly fixed on the body of the vehicle.

Abstract: Drive device for moving the end fitting of a passive safety belt along a predetermined motion path which has in particular track sections extending at an angle to each other, by means of flexible tensioning means which can be driven by an electric motor drive, which is coupled to the end fitting to be moved. A flexible endless cable is provided which is connected to a coupling fitting and is guided at least at the deflection points on guidance and deflection elements, preferably on rolling elements, is provided as tensioning means.

Abstract: A stretcher is arranged to span an intervening space between adjacent two brackets for the installation of a sliding roof frame with a view to uniformly stretching a portion of a headlining adjacent the two brackets.

Abstract: A seat belt arrangement for an automotive vehicle having a seat structure, a roof side rail and a center pillar, comprising a guide rail extending along the roof side rail, a slide member slidably received in a downwardly open longitudinal groove in the guide rail and protruding downwardly from the groove, a retaining strap anchored at one end to the slide member and extending in part in front of the seat structure, a retractor unit adapted to pull the strap to wind it into roll form, and a strap guide member having an upper bracket portion secured to the roof side rail and a lower portion extending downwardly from the bracket portion along the center pillar. The slide member is movable forwardly and rearwardly through the groove in the guide rail, and the arm portion of the slide member extends through a gap formed between the center pillar and the guide member.

Abstract: A passive seat belt system includes a mechanical linkage between the seat back and a guide member which holds the belt in an appropriate operating position. The linkage serves to move the guide member forward as the seat back is tilted forward, to move the guide member to its normal working position when the seat back is moved to its normal upright position, and to hold the guide member in its working position as the seat back is tilted backwards. The mechanical linkage includes a linkage lever, of which one end is pivotably attached to the seat back and the another end constitutes a contoured lost-motion linkage engaging the pivotable guide member. The lost-motion linkage is designed to actuate movement of the guide member when the seat back moves within the forward moiety of its reclining range, and to be only slackly engaged with the guide member when the seat back is moved in the portion of its reclining range rearward of its normal upright position.

Abstract: A slider for an automatic seat belt arrangement includes a slider main body which can be readily manufactured at low cost in an efficient manner, and yet, is capable of having sufficient strength for use in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: An outer end portion of a webbing is guided in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a tongue plate provided on said outer end portion is engaged with a buckle device secured to the rear portion of a roof side, whereby the webbing is fastened to an occupant. A release plate movable a certain distance with respect to the tongue plate is moved forwards in the vehicle by drive means, whereby the tongue plate is moved forwards in the vehicle after the tongue plate is disengaged from the buckle device, so that the webbing can be separated from the occupant to automatically unfasten the webbing from the occupant.

Abstract: A positionally adjustable holding device for an engaging member of a safety belt includes a holding track with an elongated slot formed in one wall of the track. Outwardly extending bulges are located at spaced locations along the slot. An engaging member is arranged to be connected to one end of the safety belt and a sliding member is coupled to the engaging member. The sliding member includes a retractable locking pin which is selectively engageable in the bulges or recesses in the slot.

Abstract: A vehicle safety belt of the roller-type with a belt having one end connected to a lower mounting point constructed as an extended bracket allowing for movement of that end of the belt and with a stop arranged to halt the pulling-in of the belt after the belt is disconnected in such a position that that end of the belt is released from the pull-in force of the reeling device to permit moving the belt aside by gravity or manually.

Abstract: A belt transfer ring that can be quickly and easily connected to and disconnected from a slider comprises a body having a slot that receives a coupling portion of the slider and a pair of holes, one on either side of the slot. A coupling pin is received through an opening in one side of the body and extends through one of the holes in the body and a hole in the coupling portion of the slider and into or through the other of the holes in the body. The pin is retained in the coupling position by a device that is accessible from outside the body to enable the pin to be moved out of the coupling position.

Abstract: A belt carriage is movable along a vehicle body mounted track to move an occupant restraint belt between an occupant restraint position and a stowed position permitting occupant ingress and egress. A plastic drive tape is attached to the carriage and has perforations which mesh with a toothed tape drive gear for driving the drive tape and carriage back and forth along the track. An electric motor and a speed reduction gear unit are connected to the tape drive gear by a clutch which couples with the drive gear only when the electric motor is energized so that whenever the electric motor is not energized the occupant may grip the belt carriage and manually move the belt carriage and the drive tape to move the restraint belt between the occupant restraint and stowed positions independently of the motor. The clutch is preferably a centrifugal clutch in which clutch pawls are thrown outwardly by centrifugal force to engage with the tape drive gear when the motor is energized.

Abstract: A latch device for a moving runner member used in an automatic seat belt system has a runner member adapted to be moved by a driving member between a seat occupant restraining position and a seat occupant liberating position, an operating member mounted on the runner member for movement between a first position and a second position and connected to the driving member, a lock member supported by the runner member for movement between an engaging position and a non-engaging position, a latch member secured to a vehicle body and adapted to engage and restrain the lock member moved to the engaging position and to be disengaged from the lock member trying to move toward the seat occupant liberating position and thereby release the restraint.

Abstract: A passive diagonal safety belt is anchored in a vehicle by an automatic roller at the edge of one side door opening and also on the seat in the middle of the vehicle. The safety belt runs over a deflection element, which is arranged at the door post, so that the height can be adjusted in the shoulder region. A transport cable is arranged along the upper edge of the side door opening and is driven when the side door is opened and shut. The cable is connected with the diagonal belt via a carrier which is slidably attached to the belt. So that the passive diagonal safety belt neither contacts the heads of nor hinders the movements of the occupants of the vehicle, the diagonal belt is moved obliquely in a forward and upward direction by the cable. The cable passes over a deflection device when automatically released from the vehicle occupants and is finally placed in a guide along the upper side door opening when a gripper on the transport cable raises the deflection element.

Abstract: Automatically fastening seatbelt system, wherein an anchor plate engaged with one of restraining webbings is connected through a support device to a driving force transmitting member and made movable along a guide rail, whereby the webbings are automatically fastened to an occupant, a release device is provided at a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, and the operation of the support device is released by the operation of the release device to release the anchor plate from the guide rail.

Abstract: An automatic seatbelt system in which a pair of sprocket wheels are driven by a single driving motor to move both shoulder and lap webbings in response to an occupant entering or leaving a vehicle. A flexible shoulder tape is connected to the shoulder webbing through a guide member slidable along a roof side of the vehicle, and extends along a vehicle body to mesh with one of the sprocket wheel. A flexible lap tape is connected to the lap webbing through a guide member slidable along an inner surface of a vehicle door, and extends along the vehicle door and body to mesh with the other of the sprocket wheel. When the sprocket wheels rotate, both shoulder and lap seatbelt webbings are simultaneously moved through the tapes toward either the front side of the vehicle to provide an enough space for the occupant to enter the vehicle, or the rear side of the vehicle to place the webbings over the occupant at a seat.

Abstract: An automatic seatbelt system which has a flexible tape extending continuously along a vehicle body form a roof side portion through a center pillar to a door so as to move a shoulder webbing connected to the roof side portion and a lab webbing connected to the door at the same time by a single driving sprocket wheel in response to an occupant entering or leaving a vehicle. The tape has a plurality of openings along the longitudinal direction thereof and the sprocket wheel is meshed with the tape by the openings. A shoulder guide rail is provided along the roof side portion of the vehicle body, within which a shoulder guide member guiding the shoulder webbing and connected to the trape is slidably received. A lap guide rail is provided along the door, within which a lap guide member guiding the lap webbing and connected to the tape is slidably received.

Abstract: A locking device for a moving anchor used in an automatic seat belt system has an anchor member movable between a seat occupant restraining position and a seat occupant liberating position along a guide member secured to a vehicle body, a pivotable member pivotably mounted on the anchor member, a driving member operatively mounted on the pivotable member so as to pivotally move the pivotable member between a first position and a second position, a locking member provided on a base member secured to the vehicle body, and a biasing member biasing the locking member to a locking position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatically fastening seatbelt system wherein webbings for restraining an occupant are automatically fastened about the occupant upon his entering the vehicle, to thereby improve the safety of the occupant. This seatbelt system is of an arrangement that, when the occupant enters or leaves the vehicle, an webbing is positioned forward in looking from the vehicle to prevent the webbing to slide on the lap of the occupant and the like, so that the actions of the occupant entering or leaving the vehicle can be facilitated. This seatbelt system can drive a guide arm for moving the intermediate portion of the webbing and a sprocket wheel for moving an anchor of the webbing by use of a single motor.

Abstract: A passive safety belt system has a lap element 14, a diagonal element 16 and a common element 20 interconnected by a ring 18. First puller mechanism 30 is connected to the shoulder element 16 at 32 and then runs through the ring 18 and a second ring 34 which is slidable on the common strap 20. The other end of the first puller mechanism 30 is connected to a traveller 36 on a track 38. Second puller mechanism 46 has one end connected to the second ring 34 and then runs through the traveller 36 to a spool 48 coupled to a spindle of a retractor 28 for the common element 20, so as to pay out the second puller mechanism as the common strap is wound in. The effect of this is to move the point of action of the first puller mechanism 30 nearer to the center of the car without interfering with retraction of the common strap 20 on to the retractor 28.

Abstract: A passive safety device for vehicles has a safety belt with at least one upper end associated with the shoulder of the vehicle occupant. This upper end of the safety belt is connectable by a manually-operable belt lock with a shackle. The shackle is held on a slide which can be displaced in a guide rail held on the vehicle body between a release position and a restraining position. The slide can be locked in the restraining position in a receiving means fixed on the vehicle body by a spring-loaded locking latch. If the slide becomes stuck at a position remote from the restraining position, the vehicle occupant can be protected by manually inserting into the receiving means one end of an emergency lock insertion shackle carried separately in the vehicle, and by fastening the belt lock to the other end of the insertion shackle.

Abstract: An automatic seatbelt system which has a flexible tape extending continuously along a vehicle body form a roof side portion through a center pillar to a door so as to move a shoulder webbing connected to the roof side portion and a lap webbing connected to the door at the same time by a single driving sprocket wheel in response to an occupant entering or leaving a vehicle. The tape has a plurality of openings along the longitudinal direction thereof and the sprocket wheel is meshed with the tape by the openings. The tape extends continuously between the vehicle body and vehicle door and has a stepped portion substantially extending in a vertical direction, for example, a direction which is aligned with the rotation center of door hinges so as to twist itself around the longitudinal center thereof during opening or closing the door.

Abstract: A coupling assembly for connecting the drive wire of a passive vehicle occupant restraint belt system to a guide rail includes a sealing ring that engages the drive wire and keeps lubricant confined to the casing.

Abstract: A passive safety belt system consists of a lap strap (14), a shoulder strap (16) and a common strap (20) interconnected to form a 3-point safety belt with the free ends of the lap and shoulder straps (14 & 16) connected to the rear edge of a vehicle door (26) and the free end of the common strap (20) connected to an inertia reel. A flexible element (30) interconnects the junction of the three straps (14, 16 & 20) of the safety belt with a traveller (36) on the track (38). An arm (46) has a loop (48) at one end, through which the common strap (20) runs. The other end of the arm (46) is pivotally mounted on the front inboard corner of a seat (10), a stop member (50) on the common strap (20) engages with the loop (48) to lift the arm (46) when a predetermined length of said common strap has been pulled off the inertia reel (28).

Abstract: In a motor vehicle having a front-hinged door 26 and an adjacent seat 10, a safety belt system, the safety belt comprises a lap strap 14, a shoulder strap 16 and a common strap 20 interconnected to form a three point safety belt. The free ends of the lap and shoulder straps 14 and 16 are connected to the rear edge of the door 26. The common strap 20 is connected to an inertia reel 28 mounted inboard of and adjacent to the bottom of the back of the seat 26. A puller strap 30 interconnects a point 18 on the safety belt with a point 32 on the vehicle so that, when the door 26 is opened the puller strap 30 applies a force to the shoulder strap 16, thereby displacing the junction 18 between the lap, shoulder and common straps 14, 16 and 20 out of the plane containing their anchorages 22 and 24 and the inertia reel 28.

Abstract: A passive vehicle safety belt system having a belt transfer member that is moved between restraining and releasing configurations along a guide rail by a drive device that includes a racked wire comprising a connector for joining the casing for the drive wire to the guide rail having two parts defining an elongated retaining portion that are joined to clamp the casing within a longitudinally disposed socket. A plurality of closely spaced, annular grooves help in holding the casing in the socket. The halves clamp the sleeve in the bore. A clasp portion is joined to the retaining portion and is disposed in the guide rail. Resilient ears are received in holes in the guide rail to lock the retaining portion to the guide rail.

Abstract: A drive device for a movable belt guide in a passive vehicle occupant restraint belt system which includes a rotatable sprocket wheel having a multiplicity of sprocket teeth that provide positive winding and unwinding of a flexible drive tape having holes that receive the sprocket teeth.