Abstract: A three-point belt assembly is mounted to the seat frame removably mounted to a vehicle. The upper portion of the belt extends through a guide having a tongue thereon releasably lockable with a buckle mounted to the vehicle frame above the seat. In one embodiment, the guide tongue is pivotally constructed to facilitate swinging movement of the belt whereas in an alternate embodiment, the buckle is pivotally mounted to the vehicle frame above the seat facilitating pivotal web movement.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with a seat belt winding retractor, in which the seat belt retractor is secured through a fixed bracket to the side section rear end side of a seat cushion. A wire guide is attached to the fixed bracket to guide a seat belt in a flattened state to the entrance of the seat belt winding retractor. The guide allows for the winding and unwinding of the belt by preventing bending and twisting of the seat belt, especially when a front seat back is folded forward to allow entry to the rear seat.

Abstract: A seat belt system which incorporates a seat belt assembly including a buckle and mounting brackets, a tongue, a retractor, and webbed belting is disclosed in combination with a member for collecting a predetermined amount of slack in the system in lieu of its collection by the retractor. The member for collecting slack having a relatively retracted first position and a relatively extended second position and including a feature to urge the member to the first position. The application of an external force of sufficient magnitude causes the member to move to the second position, but when the force is withdrawn, the member returns to the first position. When used in a system which also incorporates a retractor assembly, the seat buckle assembly overcomes the tendency of the system to cinch down on the user.

Abstract: A seat buckle assembly including a buckle and a mounting bracket, a pair of sliding members coupled with one another, and a webbed belt looped through the members and connecting the buckle with the bracket, the sliding members having a first position in which the buckle is in a relatively retracted position and a second position in which the buckle is in a relatively extended position, the assembly including a pair of springs urging the members to the first, retracted position, the application of an external pulling force on the buckle moving the connecting members and buckle against the spring force and into the second, relatively extended position, the connecting members and buckle returning to the first, retracted position upon release of the external force.

Abstract: A seat belt extender for positioning a seat belt being unwound from a seat belt retractor includes two or more multiplastic sleeves telescopically slidable relative one another between retracted and extended positions and having belt passages through which the belt passes from the retractor toward the occupant. A detent mechanism acts between the belt and the endmost of the sleeves to releasably couple the belt and the endmost of the sleeves so that the unwinding and extension of the belt from the retractor causes the belt to carry the endmost sleeve therewith and thereby extend the other sleeve to their extended positions so that the sleeves support the belt at a lifted position relative to the occupant.

Abstract: A retractor having means for controlling the withdrawal of belt therefrom being operated by insertion of a tongue into a buckle. A retractor frame has a spring biased rotatably mounted spool wrappingly receiving one end of a belt harness with the belt harness having an opposite end with buckle fixed thereto to receive a tongue mounted adjacent the retractor frame. A spring biased locking bar is engageable with ratchet shaped end plates of the spool. A cam plate pivotally mounted adjacent the spool is contactable against the locking bar. Insertion of the tongue into the buckle causes movement of the cam plate allowing the cam plate to rotate away from the locking bar. The locking bar is then pivotable into the ratchet shaped spool end plate preventing further withdrawal of the belt harness.

Abstract: A seat belt system of the conventional three point restraint type includes an electric motor which replaces the usual rewind spring on the belt retractor. When the seat belt is buckled up, the motor is set into operation and pulls the shoulder belt up into engagement with the body of the occupant in the seat, and then is pulsed backward to provide safe tensionless comfort in which the seat belt is located close to the body of the person being restrained but safely spaced away from the body of the occupant. The cycle of tightening of the belt and then releasing it by a predetermined short distance to provide the tensionless comfort position is repeated whenever the occupant either closes the seat belt buckle, shifts the position of the seat by operating the seat release or seat reclining levers, or leans forward beyond the tensionless range, thereby applying tension to the seat belt.

Abstract: The invention relates to a three-point reel belt for motor vehicles of the type in which both the chest webbing and the lap webbing are joined to reel mechanisms. The take-up reel mechanism for the chest webbing has a larger reel and stores a shorter webbing length than the reel mechanism for the lap webbing. The chest webbing and the lap webbing are made as a continuous webbing, on which a tongue plate can be slid, whereby the webbing can only be fed out from the lap webbing reel mechanism when putting on the belt.

Abstract: For accommodating belt buckle parts coordinated to a motor vehicle back seat, recesses are provided in a foldable armrest and in particular in the side surfaces thereof. Each recess includes a bottom area constructed as a deflection surface so that when folding out the armrest, the belt buckle parts constructed as belt buckles are deflected laterally and thereby assume a readiness position, in which the coordinated belt buckle latch can be readily inserted. The belt buckle parts are pulled by means of elastic means in the direction toward the bottom area of the recesses so that when the armrest is folded back, the belt buckle parts are again automatically transferred into the recesses.

Abstract: Belt lock for a safety belt, especially for arrangement on a back seat in a motor vehicle, with flexible pulling means which are fastened to a lock housing fastened to a flexible fitting fixed to a vehicle part, for instance, to the seat frame, and which holds the belt lock which is not connected to the safety belt in a predetermined, easy-to-grab position. The pulling means are connected firmly and undetachably to the metallic lock frame within the lock housing.

Abstract: A guide loop assembly for deflecting a restraint belt from a retractor to a diagonal position across the occupant torso includes a guide loop frame having a slot defined by an anvil surface over which the belt slides during winding and unwinding of belt from the retractor. The guide loop frame also has an elongated aperture which receives an anchor bolt to mount the guide loop frame on the pillar for pivotal movement and as well as limited vertical movement. A support frame is pivotally mounted by the anchor bolt and has a clamping bar pivotally mounted thereon for movement between a normal position spaced away from the anvil surface of the guide loop frame and a clamping position clamping the belt against the anvil surface. A spring biases the clamping bar to the normal position spaced away from the anvil surface and also urges the clamping bar against the guide loop frame to position the guide loop frame at the upward limit of its vertical movement.

Abstract: A passive restraint using a seat belt is disclosed which serves to secure the safety of an occupant in a vehicle seat. In this passive restraint, a front frame section of a cushion frame of the seat is formed with a recessed portion, a belt retractor is fitted into and fixed to this recessed portion, and a belt guide is provided in the rear portion of one of side frame sections of the cushion frame which continues from a corner portion where the recessed portion is formed, whereby the seat belt that is guided from the belt retractor is extended along the outer surface of the above-mentioned one side frame section, inserted through the belt guide, and then turned over upwardly of a seat cushion of the vehicle seat.

Abstract: A passive safety belt system has lap and chest belts with a common connector for releasably connecting inner ends of the belts to a safety belt buckle mounted by a floor anchor strap at a position adjacent the inboard hip of a passenger, outer ends of the belts are anchored in vehicle sensitive inertia retractors mounted on the vehicle door and the lap belt is moved automatically on opening of the vehicle door by lap belt lifting means operatively connected between the vehicle door and portions of the lap belt generally adjacent the door and running to the associated door mounted retractor so that the lap belt is lifted relative the vehicle seat when the door is opened, but allowed to move to its normal position on closing of the vehicle door, the lap belt lifting means being biased to a stowed out of the way position generally adjacent the door when the door is closed.

Abstract: A front seat belt retractor disposing structure which has a floor cross member formed in a hollow inverted U-shaped cross-section in such a manner that the lower opening makes contact with the floor of a vehicle under a rear seat along the transverse direction for containing a front seat belt retractor so that a front seat belt can be drawn externally. Thus, the front seat belt retractor disposing structure can provide sufficient rear seat passengers' accommodation and feet retention spaces by containing the retractor within the floor cross member.

Abstract: A casing for a seat-belt retractor comprises an additional flexible webbing guide sleeve through which the seat belt is pulled out. The sleeve is telescopically extendable and adjustably pivotable and bendable when the seat belt is pulled out. Therefore, the seat-belt retractor thus improved is usable with various models of cars, even if the direction in which the seat belt is pulled out changes. Since the housing and the sleeve are both made of a flexible plastic material, it is very easy to assemble these parts together by deforming appropriate portions thereof.

Abstract: A floating lock mount for a seat belt retractor is provided for application in situations where the seat or seats served by the retractor is shifted forwardly or rearwardly by the user so as to accommodate the positioning of legs and other physiognomy and to adjust the seating to the user. A track is provided which generally parallels the fore and aft movement of the seat. The retractor is attached to the seat frame and is connected to a sleeve operably on the track. As the seat is moved, the retractor and sleeve moves and relocates on the track in accord with fore and aft movement and vertical displacement. A plurality of ratchet teeth are provided on the track and spring means bias the retractor from lock engagement against the teeth. However, under upward stress by the webbing or seat belt, as felt in a sudden deceleration or projection of the body of the user, then the retractor tilts and pawl means connected to the retractor grab the ratchet teeth and secures the retractor against any further movement.

Abstract: An arrangement of a seat structure of a vehicle equipped with a hooking device for safety belts. The seat structure comprises a backrest and a seat and the backrest is mounted at the base thereof on the rear of the seat to pivot about a first transverse axis. The seat is mounted in the vicinity of the front part thereof to pivot about a second transverse axis. The hooking device is fixed to the seat and a connecting assembly is provided for connecting the hooking device to the floor of the vehicle. The connecting assembly comprises a latch carried by the hooking device and a keeper which is pivotally mounted on the floor. A device acting in opposition to elastically yieldable apparatuses is provided for maintaining the keeper engaged with the latch when the backrest is in the operative position thereof.

Abstract: A seat belt locking device used with a seat belt arrangement for an automobile vehicle. The locking device locks the seat belt for protecting the driver or passenger from danger when the vehicle is suddenly decelerated in an emergency case such as a collision. The seat belt locking device of the present invention comprises a slidable but unrotatable wedge-shaped seat belt locking member having a pair of roller supporting portions between which a roller is mounted, and a pair of fixed roller shafts the cross section of which is the segment of a circle. The seat belt is so arranged as to pass around the roller of the locking member and the two roller shafts, so that the belt can be firmly caught between the two flat portions of the wedge-shaped seat belt locking member and the respective flat portions of the roller shafts, when the vehicle is suddenly decelerated.

Abstract: A load locking junction device for coupling a continuous-loop belt having ends mounted on the door with an anchor belt retractably mounted inboard the seat includes a frame having an aperture defining spaced apart first and second load bearing walls. The continuous-loop belt is slidable over the first wall to define a lap belt portion and a shoulder belt portion. The anchor belt extends through the aperture and has a pin engaged in the end thereof to enlarge the end for simultaneous engagement against the second wall and the continuous-loop belt so that the belts are coupled together and maintained in engagement with the load bearing walls. A spring acts on the pin to space the anchor belt from the continuous-loop belt to permit movement of the continuous-loop belt through the frame.

Abstract: A vehicle safety belt system with a retractor lock device which includes a retractor (40), a belt (50) terminating in a male buckle member (52), a female buckle member (60), and a retractor lock device (20). The retractor lock device (20) includes a lock member (30), a base member (21) having an anchor bolt (22) attached thereto, a spring (23) and a guide bolt (24). The lock member (30) is movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position, the spring (23) normally urging the lock member (30) into the disengaged position. When the male buckle member is inserted into the female buckle member, it moves the lock member (30) into engagement with the retractor (40), thereby preventing rotation of the retractor.

Abstract: A track extends longitudinally inboard an occupant seat and mounts a belt carriage which slidably receives lap and shoulder belts having their outboard ends attached to the door and their inboard ends attached to the vehicle structure forwardly of the occupant. A spring urges forward movement of the carriage to stow the belts forwardly of the occupant. A lever arm associated with the door is connected with the carriage by a cable and pulley arrangement which retracts the carriage in the rearward direction as the door is closed to establish the lap and shoulder belts in their respective restraining positions without necessity of a latching arrangement to maintain the carriage in the rearward position during emergency restraint of the occupant.

Abstract: A motor vehicle folding seat and seat occupant restraint arrangement comprising a folding seat having a seat back hinged to a seat bottom which in turn is hinged to the vehicle floor whereby the seat is foldable in an upright position to provide increased storage area and wherein the seat occupant restraint includes a load-carrying member of relatively short length which is secured to the underneath side of the seat bottom and is releasably securable to the vehicle floor to both maintain the seat in its normal position and also transmit loads for seat belt restraint systems which are either anchored at both ends to the load-carrying member or are anchored at one end to the load-carrying member and at the other end directly to the vehicle floor whereby the seat bottom frame is not subjected to any force resulting from loads applied by an occupant to any of the restraint systems and whereby the floor is left unobstructed when the seat is folded in its stored position.

Abstract: A fastening arrangement of safety belt locks at motor vehicle seats, especially at rear seat benches which are adapted to be converted into an additional storage space by folding-over the seat cushion and the backrest; elastic means are provided which during non-use hold fast the safety belt locks together with the belt band directly on the front side of the backrest in the stretched-out position.

Abstract: An anchoring arrangement of an end point or deflection point of a safety belt, especially in motor vehicles, under interposition of a spring at a fixed vehicle part; the spring is installed prestressed in the sense of a tightening of the belt band and is blocked in the normal driving operation in this position while the blocking is released by a force peak exceeding the prestress force of the spring which occurs at the beginning of an accident at the belt band.

Abstract: A seat belt system including at least one seat belt which extends from one side of a seat to a point forward of the other side of the seat such that the seat belt extends obliquely forward from one side to the other of the seat, a tongue plate coupled to the seat belt and a buckle provided on the other side of the seat and for engagement with the tongue plate.

Abstract: Mechanism for retracting a vehicle seat belt and locking the belt against extension includes a track mounted on the vehicle body and a belt carriage mounted on the track for movement in the belt extending and retracting directions. A locking pawl is mounted on the belt carriage and is selectively actuatable to a locked position engaging teeth on the track to lock the belt carriage against belt extending movement. A spring biases the carriage in the belt retracting direction. An actuating element extends alongside the track and is mounted for rotary movement into engagement with the locking pawl to move the locking pawl to the locked position. A pendulum supports the actuating element in a normal position and rotates the actuating element in response to a sensed condition of vehicle deceleration to actuate the locking means and thereby lock the carriage against belt extending movement along the track.