Abstract: A latch system for a vehicle seat leg is provided. The seat has a seating position in which it is generally horizontally oriented with front and rear legs connected to the vehicle floor via floor pins, and the seat has a storage position wherein only the front legs are connected to the vehicle floor with the seat inclined upwardly.

Abstract: A releasably mounted seat for a van-type vehicle is provided which in an embodiment includes a rear leg biased to latch to a floor of a vehicle, a seat bun frame joined to the rear leg providing a seating surface, a backing plate pivotally mounted with respect to the bun frame and selectively adjustable with respect to the bun frame means, a seat back pivotally mounted with respect to the backing frame and foldable between a first position generally extending with the backing plate and a second position folded forward generally adjacent the bun frame, and a single handle providing control to selectively position the seat back in the first and second positions and the handle providing control to selectively adjust the position of the backing plate with respect to the bun frame, and the handle providing control over the engagement of the latch of the rear leg with the vehicle floor.

Abstract: A rear seat for an all purpose vehicle has front and rear legs that are releasably latched to pins located in escutcheons in the vehicle floor. The rear seat is manually folded and stored in the vehicle by releasing the rear legs and pivoting the seat forward on the front pins to a vertical position. The seat is removed from the vehicle by releasing the front legs when the seat is in the stored position and lifting the seat off the front pins. The latch mechanisms for the front and rear legs have locks so that the legs are not unlatched unintentionally. A lift assist mechanism is also provided for pivoting the seat forward on the front pins to the stored position.

Abstract: A restraint belt retractor includes a belt reel rotatably mounted on a retractor housing which is adapted for mounting on the vehicle seat. A winding spring rotates the reel in a belt winding direction. The imposition of an occupant restraint load on the belt subsequent to reel lockup by an inertia actuated reel locking means actuates a belt clamping mechanism which clamps the belt to limit its extension from the reel. The retractor housing also mounts a rotatable anchor belt reel for winding and unwinding an anchor belt having an end mounted on the vehicle body rearward of the seat. A lock bar for locking the anchor belt reel is actuated to the locking condition in response to the actuation of the belt clamping mechanism to thereby fix the length of the transfer belt and anchor the retractor housing and seat against forward movement by the occupant restraint load.

Abstract: A seat belt retractor has a single spring arrangement for a dual belt system. The spring is connected between two drum members which are respectively connected to one seat belt and one member of an epicyclic gear mechanism. The other two members of the epicyclic gear mechanism are connected to the other seat belt and the other drum member, respectively. Extension of either or both seat belts results in the spring being transferred from one drum to the other resulting in a force differential between the drums. Retraction of the belt or belts is enforced by the spring returning to the as assembled position on the drums to relieve the force differential. The epicyclic gear mechanism is operable to drive one drum at a higher rate of speed than the other drum independently of which seat belt is extended.

Abstract: A single inertia sensing pendulum is employed to operate a transfer link which in turn provides sequential or simultaneous actuation of first and second pawls associated respectively with the ratchet plates carried by first and second reels. A mounting end of the transfer link is mounted by a trunnion arrangement which permits both pivotal movement about the mounting end and rolling movement about the longitudinal axis of the transfer link. An operating end of the transfer link has first and second abutment portions spaced each side of the longitudinal axis for respective engagement with the first and second pawls. The inertia sensoring pendulum engages the transfer link intermediate the mounting end and the operating end and pivotally raises the transfer link in response to vehicle deceleration.

Abstract: A belt roll-up and clamp mechanism for limiting the spool-out of belt from the belt reel of a vehicle sensitive inertia locking retractor. The belt roll-up and clamp mechanism includes a spindle having pinion gears attached to opposite ends of a pair of bars which are spaced apart to define a slot through which the belt passes. The pinion gears mesh with toothed racks on the retractor housing which effect rotation of the spindle simultaneously with linear movement of the spindle along the toothed racks. A spring normally biases the spindle to the end of the rack furthest from the reel and to a rotary position which permits the belt to pass through the slot and slide around one of the bars during normal winding and unwinding of the belt from the reel.

Abstract: A seat belt retractor has a belt reel rotatably mounted on a frame and a spring biasing the reel in the belt winding direction of rotation. A pawl is spring biased toward engagement with the reel to lock the reel against belt unwinding rotation. An automatic locking mechanism includes a control disc which is frictionally clutched to the reel for limited rotation therewith and has an abutment moving to a pawl blocking position upon belt unwinding reel rotation. A subsequent belt winding reel rotates the control disc abutment to an unblocking position permitting movement of the pawl toward engagement with the reel. A toggle linkage has a normal extended position which maintains the pawl in a disabled position irrespective of the condition of the control disc. An inertia and attitude sensing pendulum collapses the toggle linkage when the vehicle experiences an inertia condition or attitude change of predetermined magnitude to release the pawl for control by the control disc.

Abstract: A pendulum support for the pendulum of a vehicle inertia responsive seat belt retractor. The pendulum support includes laterally spaced side walls juxtaposed to the spaced side walls of the retractor housing, and an integral pendulum support portion extending between the side walls and mounting an inertia actuated pendulum. Integral apertured bushing portions on the side walls of the support member encircle the shaft of the belt reel. These bushing portions are journalled in apertures in the side walls of the housing to mount the belt reel shaft on the housing for rotation relative thereto and also to mount the pendulum support portion and the pendulum on the housing at a predetermined consistent radial distance relative the reel shaft. The support is anchored against rotary movement about the reel shaft by providing elongated apertures in the side walls thereof which receive the pivot shaft of a locking bar for the belt reel.

Abstract: A pendulum support for the pendulum of a vehicle inertia responsive seat belt retractor. The pendulum support includes laterally spaced side walls juxtaposed to the spaced side walls of the retractor housing, and an integral pendulum support portion extending between the side walls and mounting an inertia actuated pendulum. Integral apertured bushing portions on the side walls of the support member encircle the shaft of the belt reel. These bushing portions are journalled in apertures in the side walls of the housing to mount the belt reel shaft on the housing for rotation relative thereto and also to mount the pendulum support portion and the pendulum on the housing at a predetermined consistent radial distance relative the reel shaft. The support is anchored against rotary movement about the reel shaft by providing elongated apertures in the side walls thereof which receive the pivot shaft of a locking bar for the belt reel.