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 motor vehicle occupant restraint belt system has a slide loop pivotally mounted on the pillar and dividing the belt into a retractable portion extending vertically along the pillar to a retractor and a restraint portion movable between an occupant restraining position extending across the occupant and a stored position extending along the pillar. A molded plastic sheath is pivotally mounted in conjunction with the slide loop and has a tubular sleeve which encloses a segment of the restraint portion of the belt. A retainer clip is provided on the pillar below the slide loop and retains the sheath in a stored position retaining the restraint portion of the belt stored against the pillar. The tubular sleeve has a reverse flange extending along the length thereof and adapted to capture the retractable portion of the belt when the sheath is stored against the pillar to prevent flapping in the airflow admitted through the door window.

Abstract: A seat belt positioning device (14) is provided which includes a boot member (32) consisting of a housing member (31) covering a spring loaded retractor mechanism (20) for the seat belt (26) and a guide member (34) for guiding the belt (26). The housing member (31) and guide member (34) are connected through a hinge (42, 44) for pivotal movement about an axis displaced below the path of protraction and retraction of the belt (26) so that full retraction of the belt (26) operates to pivot the guide housing (34) vertically to an occupant accessible position when mounted in a vehicle.

Abstract: An automatic system for use in a motor vehicle has an outer webbing, both ends of which are secured to a vehicle door and an inner webbing, one end of which is connected to the intermediate portion of the outer webbing through a ring joint movable along the outer webbing and the other end of which is retracted by a retractor on a vehicle floor. A guide lever is provided at an inner side of an occupant's seat, which includes a main body fixed to the inner side of the seat and a webbing guide portion on the top of the main body. The webbing guide portion has an opening through which the inner webbing passes and is rotatable around an axis extending laterally of the vehicle, whereby the webbing guide portion presents a suitable position and angle to guide the inner webbing at any condition, for example, with or without an occupant on the seat.

Abstract: A three-way seat belt device for a vehicle has a retractor mounted on the side wall of the vehicle body. A seat belt is connected at one end thereof to the retractor and is adapted to be drawn upward from said retractor and then downward through a guide ring fixed to a pillar of the vehicle body. An anchor plate is pivotally mounted at one end on the body for swinging motion. A motor and reduction gear are provided for swinging the anchor plate. Means connect the other end of the seat belt to the swinging end of the anchor plate. A tongue member slidable on the seat belt is detachably received in a central socket on the body. Releasable means, solenoid operated, are provided to lock the anchor plate in a forward horizontal position substantially parallel to an inside surface of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A two-door passenger motor vehicle is provided with a mechanism for feeding a locking clasp and/or belt strap of a seat belt system, with the mechanism including an overload safety device for stopping a motor of the feeding mechanism so as to protect it and a power source, such as a vehicle battery, from damages when an obstacle is projected into the course of movement of the feeder arm, or the feeder arm is in an end position and is no longer reversed or switched off. The overload safety device also responds in the case of a delay-dependent blocking of the belt strap, but initiates a new feeding movement. When the front end position is reached, an automatic return of the feeder arm by a predetermined amount takes place so as to release a blocking effect of a belt roller of the seat belt system and the feeder arm is then subsequently returned to a retracted position.

Abstract: A safety seat for motor vehicles, with a safety belt, particularly a three-point belt, stored in an automatic belt roll-up device, and including a lock tongue, a belt lock arranged at the door side of the vehicle, and a flexible, restorable belt-strap guide, which is connected to the seat and/or the belt roll-up device, and is hollow to form a passage for the belt strap which is movable in the guide in the longitudinal direction. The belt-strap guide is limited in length in the manner of a stump. With the safety belt open, the free end of the guide extends essentially straight and forms an abutment or a receiving opening for the lock tongue in the region of the outlet opening for the belt-strap. With the safety belt closed, the belt-strap guide bends elastically under the effect of belt-strap forces in the direction of the path of the particular belt segment.

Abstract: Substantial portions of seat belt retractors are embedded in side frame members of a car, so that their upper parts extend upward to a smaller height and occupy a smaller space in a space above the seat or floor of the car to prevent the seat belt retractors from obstructing or giving an uncomfortable feeling to persons getting in or out of the car or sitting on the seat.

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: The seats of two-door passenger automobiles are provided with a tiltable backrest and a three-point safety belt. An actuating element for releasing the backrest so it can tilt is designed as a guide element for guiding the end of the safety belt associated with the shoulder of the vehicle occupant into a repository position when it is released by the occupant, which repository position is at a more convenient location than that possible without the guide element.

Abstract: A webbing hanging hook is projected into a cabin from a vehicle door, said hook is biased in the direction of a webbing hanging position, and, after an occupant is seated, a driving force of a motor is transmitted to said hook to rotate same in the direction of a webbing dropping position, whereby webbings can be automatically fastened to the occupant. After the webbings are dropped, a clutch prevents the driving force of the motor from being transmitted, whereby said hook is returned to the webbing hanging position by a biasing force of a resilient member.

Abstract: An arrangement of a three-point automatic belt for a front seat with a preferably tiltable backrest in two-door motor vehicles with rear seats, whereby the roll-up mechanism of the belt is disposed within the area of the fixed vehicle side wall and a support member for the accommodation of the fixed point of the lower belt section is provided which, together with the belt band, is adapted to be transferred from a forward operating position into a rear position opening up the ingress to the rear seat places. The pivot movement of the coordinated door or of the backrest is utilized either directly or indirectly for transferring the support member from the one into the other end position.

Abstract: A single fasten/release point is provided in a combined shoulder harness/lap belt restraint of the type having a pair of shoulder straps that extend from a behind-the-head anchor point (or points) down over the occupant's shoulders to side anchors located adjacent opposite sides of the seat, and a center-buckled lap belt that passes between the side anchors across the occupant's lap. The ends of the shoulder straps are looped through friction guides provided on corresponding side anchors and joined to an intermediate fastening point on the adjacent portion of the lap belt in a manner that allows for both slackening of the shoulder straps when the lap buckle is released, and adjustability of the lap belt length when the buckle is fastened.

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.