Abstract: A safety harness includes a lap belt, two shoulder belts and a buckle for connecting the shoulder belts to the lap belt. The shoulder belts rest flatly against the torso and shoulders of a person and have a curved configuration. Each shoulder belt defines a sternum-proximal belt edge and a sternum-distal belt edge and has at least a central length portion in which the sternum-proximal belt edge is shorter in length than the sternum-distal belt edge.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) includes seat belt webbing (12) for restraining an object (14) in a vehicle seat (16). A sensor (50) associated with the vehicle seat (16) senses a sensed weight of the object (14) in the vehicle seat. A seat belt tension sensor (60) senses the tension in the seat belt webbing (12). A controller (44) determines a computed weight of the object (14) as a function of both the sensed weight and the tension in the seat belt webbing (12).

Abstract: A supplemental restraint system that is easy to use and provides superior protection in an vehicle is provided. The user of the system is prevented from the damaging effects of being restrained by a shoulder seat belt combination that provides inadequate support to most of the body and can produce injury at the point of contact with the body during an accident. Further, the supplemental restraint system of the present invention provides the user with a harness to better hold the user to the seat and restraint system of the vehicle. The present invention provides a means of dressing an adult or a child in a restraint harness that may be easily attached within a vehicle and provides the user with restraints that fit the user's height and weight requirements.

Abstract: A three-point seat belt system for a motor vehicle front seat has a belt tightening drive fastened to the front seat. The belt tightening drive engages an anchoring point of the seat belt fastened to the vehicle seat. The drive element of the belt tightening drive is securely connected to a belt webbing part, which derives from the lap belt and is guided through a belt webbing guide fastened to the seat substructure.

Abstract: A safety belt restraining device designed to be attached to an existing vehicle safety belt system having a male clip and a female buckle. The safety belt restraining device includes a body with a female member integrated within the body. The female member has a hooking member. Opposing the female member is the male member, which has a male end, a male base and a travel member. The travel member receives the hooking member and the travel member limits the movement of the female member. At least two elastic members are attached between the female member and the male member.

Abstract: A seat belt sensor for attachment to a seat belt in a vehicle. The seat belt tension sensor has a substrate with a top surface, a bottom surface and a pair of slots therethrough. The seat belt passes through the slots. The substrate has a pair of apertures. An actuator bar is located adjacent the top surface and has a first and second end that pass through the apertures. The seat belt passes over the actuator bar. A load beam is attached to the substrate and has a first and second end. The ends of the actuator bar contact the ends of the load beam. Strain sensitive resistors are located on the load beam. The seat belt, when placed in tension, causes the actuator bar ends to flex the ends of the load beam placing stress on the strain sensitive resistor. The strain sensitive resistor generates an electrical in response to being placed under stress.

Abstract: A seat includes a seat back for supporting a back of a seat occupant and a shoulder harness including at least one shoulder strap for restraining a shoulder of a seat occupant. The shoulder strap has a rear portion anchored in a manner enabling it to move in a height direction of a seat occupant. When the seat occupant tightens the shoulder strap, the rear portion can move in response to the tension to a position in which the shoulder strap extends substantially perpendicular to the back tangent line of the seat occupant. In this manner the shoulder strap can be automatically be adjusted in position for a wide range of seat occupants of varying heights.

Abstract: An airline passenger management system selectively and positively retains passengers within their seats, thereby eliminating potential airborne threats due to terrorists being able to move about the cabin of the aircraft. The system includes a seat belt latch assembly having a mechanism which selectively disables the latch release, thereby preventing the passenger from releasing his/her seat belt latch and restraining the passenger in his/her seat. The system further includes monitoring and control panels, with a monitoring panel in the passenger cabin and a control panel on the flight deck. These panels indicate the status of each passenger position, with the flight deck panel including a belt latch release control for each passenger position. The system provides for selective release of limited numbers of passengers at any one time during flight, and considers the risk level of each passenger according to statistics entered in a database prior to flight.

Abstract: A system for measuring seatbelt forces is used to control deployment of vehicle airbags. The system includes a seatbelt anchor assembly having a bracket mounted to a vehicle structure adjacent to a vehicle seat. A seatbelt mechanism has a belt portion that is looped through the bracket. The seatbelt is used to secure passengers or an infant car seat to the vehicle seat. A sensor is engaged with the anchor assembly and is used to measure the magnitude of forces exerted on the seatbelt by the passenger or car seat. The sensor generates a signal representative of the seatbelt forces, which is used to control deployment of the airbag.

Abstract: A webbing guide for a vehicle safety comprises a guide surface in the form of a generally cylindrical bar (6) which has a continuous outer surface over which seat belt webbing passes in use following an upside-down U-shaped path. The surface comprises a top portion and two side portions (8) on either side of the top portion, and the top portion and at least one of the side portions are shaped so as to present a countered surface to the seat belt webbing. Preferably, the central area (7) of the top portion is raised, and the central area (9) of one or both side portions (8), is recessed, but the opposite contour arrangement could be provided with the central area of the top portion recessed and the central area of one or both side portions raised.

Abstract: A rotation device of a buckle for use in an automobile seat belt is provided with a base having a plate-like shape to be mounted on a bottom surface of a main body and provided with a circular plate portion at its one end, the circular plate portion provided with a through hole formed therethrough, and a pair of side walls bent upwardly each of which has a lug bent inwardly to be integrally formed with the circular plate portion as well as the pair of side walls, a stalk whose one end is rotatably mounted on an upper surface of the circular plate portion of the base has a hole formed therethrough and a stopper portion formed around the end of the stalk and provided with a protrusion for being contacted with an inner surface of the side wall of the base and an abutment for limiting a rotation angle of the main body, the stalk having a protrusion for stopping a rotational movement, an elastic member whose one end is contacted to the protrusion for stopping a rotational movement and having an elasticity and a th

Abstract: A microphone bearing slider on a diagonal seatbelt member, together with a tethering tape that is positioned along the diagonal seatbelt, from a seatbelt hanger member to the buckle with attachment to the slider, in combination, operate to position the microphone at the same precise location for vocal transmission at each deployment, and to return the assembly to a storage position with no addition attention being required on the part of the communicating person.

Abstract: An improved weight-based occupant characterization method distinguishes between an empty seat and a seat having a small object on it using primary and secondary classification techniques. The primary classification technique is initiated prior to vehicle movement, and characterizes the seat occupant based on measured seat pressure. If deployment of the restraint is suppressed due to the characterization of the primary classification technique, the seat occupancy is characterized by a secondary classification technique based on variation of the measured pressure once the vehicle is in motion. Once the secondary classification technique has characterized the seat occupancy, the characterization of the primary classification technique is discarded in favor of the characterization of the secondary classification technique.

Abstract: An assembly of seat belt buckle and a seat belt tightener has a seat belt buckle that is connected to a seat belt tightener by a pulling element. The pulling element is firmly connected within a buckle casing to a buckle mechanism of the belt buckle. The pulling element, in a region directly adjacent to the buckle casing is at least partly enclosed by a cover. The cover has an exterior shape that is tapered towards a direction in which the buckle is pulled during a seat belt tightening process. The external dimensions of the cover in the region of its larger cross section approximate the external dimensions of the adjacent end of the buckle casing and in the external dimensions of the cover in the region of its smaller cross section approximate to the external dimensions of the pulling element. Put another way, the taper of the cover approximates a taper defined by the external dimensions of an adjacent end of the buckle casing and the external dimensions of the cable over the length of the cover.

Abstract: To absorb the energy in the event of a head impact, a device is provided between a safety belt locking rail and a side wall of a vehicle pillar of the device included deformation elements in the form of conical deformation elements or spring systems in the form of cup or compression springs.

Abstract: An inflatable belt system and method of operation for a vehicle occupant restraint in which a lap belt section or torso belt section or both have dual load bearing portions with an inner portion being inflatable. During inflation of the inner portion the other outer belt portion ruptures along a frangible line. The outer belt portion is a woven cylindrical member.

Abstract: An over the highway vehicle having an occupant restraint system is disclosed. An improved harness for retaining an occupant in a bunk is also disclosed. The harness is connected to a bunk by a buckle and hinge arrangement. A frangible connection between an upstanding leaf of the hinge is provided which fails due to forces applied to the harness as a result of a collision. The system includes an occupant restraining strap and a buckle having a component attached to the strap and a mating component attached to the vehicle for releasably connecting the strap to the vehicle at a buckle location. An anchor securer the strap to the vehicle at a location spaced from the buckle location.

Abstract: A seat belt release mechanism for use in conjunction with vehicle seats, such as upon a bus, and the like, including a sleeve fixed to the approximate rear of each vehicle seat, a tube provided therein, the tube cooperating with the sleeve to lock the back ends of the seat belts into position fixing them for securement of the seat occupants in place, during routine usage. Each tube extends a distance outwardly from its respective sleeve, and is provided with a lever, attaching with a drive mechanism, whether it be a cable or rod, such that when the drive mechanism is shifted, either manually by a winch, or automatically by a motor mechanism, the back ends of the seat belts may be locked into position for routine usage, or immediately released, for allowing the occupants to be freed from their securement within the vehicle seats in the event that an emergency is encountered.

Abstract: In a seat belt device for an automobile, according to a through anchor of the present invention, a groove provides the boundary part between a molded part and a resin piece. Thereby, the boundary between the molded part and the resin piece is disposed inside the groove without conspicuousness. Moreover, a projection part of a mold for forming the groove is disposed between the synthetic resin materials comprising the resin piece and the molded part when molding the molded part. Accordingly, the heat of the molten synthetic resin material comprising the molded part is not transmitted directly to the resin piece on the surface of the through anchor.

Abstract: An inflatable air-belt device including a shoulder belt and lap belt. When the air-belt is inflated, a tension is generated in the shoulder belt and is transferred to the lap belt so that both the shoulder belt and the lap belt adhere closely to an occupant. When an emergency condition is detected, an inflator is actuated to inflate a bag located in the shoulder belt creating a tension of more than a predetermined strength in the shoulder belt. The lap belt is drawn toward the shoulder belt to release a stopper located in a buckle positioned between the belts. The lap belt moves toward the shoulder belt through a hole located in the tongue of the buckle. A nozzle for receiving pressurized gas is inserted in a slit in the belts so that the lap belt may move smoothly toward the shoulder belt without obstruction.

Abstract: Provided is a seatbelt device comprising a buckle pretensioner capable of preventing a connective member from being subject to high temperature/pressure and efficiently converting combustion gas, which provides pressure for retracting the buckle, into retractive power. A buckle pretensioner 10 (30, 40, 50, 60, 70) for retracting the buckle 11 pursuant to combustion gas pressure of powder comprises a connective member 13 connected to the buckle 11, and a retractor 12 (32, 72) for retracting the buckle 11 via the connective member 13. The connective member 13 is arranged in a position such that it is not exposed to the combustion gas.

Abstract: A four-point seat belt restraint system having a lap belt movable between a comfort position wherein the portions of the belt extending over the outsides of the occupant's thighs are generally vertical, and a crash restraint position wherein the same portions extend at an angle downward and to the rear. Belt guides disposed adjacent opposite sides of the seat engage the lap belt as it extends from the anchor points toward the seat cushion. During normal vehicle operations, the belt guide is located in a comfort position that causes the portion of the lap belt passing over and around the outsides of the occupant's thighs to have a relatively vertical orientation. In the event of an actual or impending crash or other rapid vehicle deceleration, a restraints control module commands an actuation mechanism to move the belt guides rearward with respect to the comfort position, allowing the lap belt to extend in a substantially straight line to the rear-located anchor point.

Abstract: An occupant restraint system for a vehicle seat includes a three-point belt assembly comprising a shoulder belt and a lap belt releasably secured at an first buckle element and a supplemental shoulder belt having an upper end adjacent an upper first portion of the seat back and a lower end releasably secured to a second buckle element. The second buckle element is secured to the lap belt attachment in a position to restrain the second ends of the lap belt and supplemental shoulder belt in a configuration that is symmetric about the centerline of the seat with the configuration of the first ends of the lap belt and the shoulder belt where they are secured to the first buckle element. The load-carrying paths for the first ends of the lap belt and shoulder belt intersect one another at an intersection point that is symmetric with the intersection point where the load-carrying paths for the second ends of the lap belt and supplemental shoulder belt intersect one another about.

Abstract: A combined seat belt cover and pillow for use relative to a vehicular seat belt arrangement comprising an elongate seat belt cover for coupling to an elongate seat belt and a pillow coupled to the elongate seat belt cover adjacent to a first end of the elongate seat belt cover. The elongate seat belt cover and pillow can cooperate to simulate a head and a body of an animal wherein the pillow simulates the head of the animal and the elongate seat belt cover simulates at least a portion of the body of the animal. First and possibly second generally rigid widened portions of the elongate seat belt cover can simulate sets of legs of the simulated animal to disperse the force of the elongate seat belt relative to the vehicular occupant. A miniature simulation of the simulated animal can be retained by the elongate seat belt cover in a pocket, and a strip of ultra-smooth material can be affixed to the elongate seat belt cover and pillow.

Abstract: An automatically closing safety belt system for providing increased automobile safety. Safety belts are inside curved semi-rigid plastic sleeves, which hold safety belts out in front of the occupant. First configuration has lanyards attached to the middle of the safety belts. The other end goes into reels in dashboard. They pull the safety belts well out in front of the occupants until the belts' ends go operative. When the safety belts start going inoperative, the lanyards pull the safety belts and hold them near the dashboard for occupant easy egress and ingress. Second configuration is a gradual curve inward of the track. Third configuration is to put a hinge in the curved sleeve with a strong folding spring attachment, to be released by a switch. The reel between the seats can easily pull the lap belt into place.

Abstract: An inflatable seat belt for securing an occupant in a motor vehicle having a belt strap which is divided by way of a belt latch into a diagonal region resting against the occupant's upper body and into a horizontal region resting against the occupant's pelvis. A belt buckle is fastened to the vehicle and the belt latch is detachably connectable with the belt buckle. On the diagonal region of the belt strap, an air bag is mounted which extends from the occupant's upper body to behind the head. The air bag is made of a material which is shortened in an axial direction during inflation. The diagonal region of the belt strap is connected with an upper retractor fastened to the vehicle, and the horizontal region of the belt strap is connected with a lower retractor fastened to the vehicle.

Abstract: A seat belt configuration includes a shoulder belt, a lap belt, a belt lock, and belt retractors. A release mechanism is assigned to the shoulder belt and/or the lap belt so that the first belt retractor can be separated from the second belt retractor. The release mechanism includes web-shaped or bolt-shaped holding elements for securing respective belt ends of the shoulder belt and the lap belt or respective belt ends of two sections of the shoulder belt or of the lap belt. A least one of the holding elements has a retaining structure and is releasable when the retaining structure is inactivated.

Abstract: A system for positioning occupant restraints in a vehicle includes a pair of cooperative embodiments. A first embodiment comprises a clamp removably securable about an occupant restraint belt (preferably the shoulder strap, but the device may be applied to the lap belt, as well). The device includes a lateral slide bearing upon a pressure plate for applying clamping pressure to the belt. The clamp is particularly useful in securing to a shoulder harness, to preclude retraction of the strap through the “B” pillar guide for allowing some slack in the strap for occupant comfort. The second embodiment comprises two mating components hinged together at one end, with a series of mating slots therein. A shoulder harness slot and latch mechanism is provided opposite the hinge. The device is opened and secured about the support rods of an adjustable height headrest, with the shoulder strap passing through the shoulder strap guide.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus to ensure use of seat belts in a motor vehicle which comprises a first means disposed in a first predetermined location for generating and transmitting a first signal when an occupant is detected in a seat. A second means is disposed in a second predetermined location for generating and transmitting a second signal representative of such seat belt being one of unlatched and latched. There is a third means disposed in a third predetermined location for receiving such second signal and for generating and transmitting a third signal when such seat belt, detected as being latched extends insufficiently to encircle such occupant.

Abstract: A safety belt system for a vehicle to protect an occupant having an inflatable member attached at one portion to the vehicle with the remainder of the inflatable member free to move along the safety belt during the inflation of the inflatable member. The safety belt system may be buckled up or not during such inflation.

Abstract: To provide a seat belt component having a molded resin surface in which the burr formed by the resin is less conspicuous or eliminated. The seat belt component could be a shoulder anchor and have the added benefit of allowing the seat belt to slide smoothly therethrough. An externally formed structural element is formed on the metal surface to prevent further flow of the synthetic resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a buckle device in which usability and seating comfort of a vehicle occupant on a seat are improved, and which can correspond to seat movements. In the buckle device, due to a torsion coil spring applying urging force to a buckle member, the buckle member is disposed at a swiveling position at which the buckle member stands. In this way, when a tongue plate is inserted into a buckle, there is no need for a vehicle occupant to hold the buckle with his/her hand. Moreover, when a vehicle occupant sits down on a rear seat, the buckle is pushed downward against the urging force and is accommodated in the rear seat. Further, when a seat movement is carried out on the rear seat, the buckle member swivels against the urging force so as to be able to correspond to the seat movement.

Abstract: A safety belt arrangement for motor vehicles. The arrangement includes a safety belt and a belt roller from which the belt is retracted and withdrawn. The roller is pre-tensioned in the belt wind-up direction the unwinding of the belt is blocked in the case of an accident. The safety belt arrangement includes a belt deflection apparatus that includes a deflection roller. The belt is guided from the belt roller to the deflection roller so that the belt can be deflected as it approaches the passenger. The deflection roller is movable away from the passenger by a spring force in the case of an accident. Normally, the deflection roller is fixed in the against the spring force by a retainer mechanism. The retainer mechanism releases the deflection member in the event of an accident. A retraction force on the belt moves the passenger back into the normal seated position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided that classifies a seat occupant into one of several different weight classes based on an estimated value of the seat occupant weight. An occupant's measured weight varies when the occupant's seating position changes or when the vehicle travels over adverse road conditions. A plurality of weight sensors are used to measure the weight exerted by a seat occupant against a seat bottom and are used to determine center of gravity for the seat occupant. A seat belt force sensor is also used to assist in classifying the seat occupant. Compensation factors using the seat belt force and center of gravity information are used to generate an estimated weight value. The estimated value of the occupant weight is compared to a series of upper and lower weight thresholds assigned to each of the weight classes to generate an occupant weight sample class. Over a period of time, several estimated weight values are compared to the weight class thresholds.

Abstract: A system for measuring seatbelt forces includes a guide that isolates a seatbelt force sensor 40 from input loads applied to the seatbelt at an angle. The system includes a rigid plate member 42 that supports the seatbelt force sensor 40, and which has one end attached to a portion of the seatbelt and an opposite end mounted to a guide bracket 70. The guide bracket 70 includes a pair of circular bosses 72 at one end for pivotally mounting the bracket 70 to a vehicle structure such as a B-pillar 68, for example. The bracket 70 guides the seatbelt in such a manner that input loads to the seatbelt that are applied at an angle do not affect the bending of the sensor 40.

Abstract: An inflatable seat belt restraint system including a shoulder belt, an inflatable restraint, an inflation integrated inertia reel, and a shoulder belt anchor opposite to the inflation integrated inertial reel. The system can further include a lap belt and lap belt inertia reel. The inflation integrated inertia reel includes a webbing anchor, a drum having a pressure vessel, and a port for ducting inflation gas from the pressure vessel to the inflatable restraint. The inflation integrated inertia reel can further include an inflator in fluid communication with the pressure vessel. Upon deployment, gas flows from the inflator, into the pressure vessel, through the port, and into the inflatable restraint. The system can also include, a pressure-actuated locking mechanism locks the drum when the pressure vessel is pressurized. A corresponding method for deploying an inflatable restraint is also disclosed.

Abstract: A system for monitoring the secured/unsecured status of seat belts in rear seating rows of a vehicle notes the number and/or location of seat belts secured at a base time when all doors are closed and the vehicle starts in motion. The vehicle operator is alerted to any later change in the number of secured belts by a visual display provided by a vehicle message center and/or an audible signal. When the vehicle slows to a stop and a door opens, the number of secured belts is reset to allow continued monitoring of rear seat occupants after occupants are dropped off and/or picked up. The secured/unsecured condition may be determined by monitoring a retractor reel of the seat belt, the secured condition being defined by the seat belt being paid out beyond a threshold length and the unsecured condition being defined by the seat belt being retracted shorter than the threshold length.

Abstract: A load-bearing frame is provided with a fastener extension which is configured integrally with the frame and comprises a fastener opening for mounting the frame in a vehicle-fixed manner.

Abstract: A head-protection air-bag device includes a head-protection air-bag body that can be mounted in a folded state along a roof side rail, and is deployed like a curtain so as to cover at least a center pillar from the inside of a vehicle compartment. A deployment-direction regulator (e.g., a projecting portion of a center-pillar garnish) that regulates the deployment direction of the head-protection air-bag body toward the inside of the vehicle compartment is provided at a position above and adjacent to an interior projection of the vehicle compartment such as a slip joint at the center pillar.

Abstract: A seat belt buckle carrier unit free from rattling noises having a connecting element held in a specific place by a fixing device. The fixing device can be formed by a spring steel wire which is fixed at one end and with its free end, exerts pressure on the connecting element. To ensure reliable contact between the spring steel wire and the connecting element, the spring steel wire can have, at its end exerting a pressure on the connecting element, a loop that surrounds the connecting element.

Abstract: A seat belt release mechanism for use in conjunction with vehicle seats, such as upon a bus, and the like, including a sleeve fixed to the approximate rear of each vehicle seat, a tube provided therein, the tube cooperating with the sleeve to lock the back ends of the seat belts into position fixing them for securement of the seat occupants in place, during routine usage. Each tube extends a distance outwardly from its respective sleeve, and is provided with a lever, attaching with a drive mechanism, whether it be a cable or rod, such that when the drive mechanism is shifted, either manually by a winch, or automatically by a motor mechanism, the back ends of the seat belts may be locked into position for routine usage, or immediately released, for allowing the occupants to be freed from their securement within the vehicle seats in the event that an emergency is encountered.

Abstract: This invention developed a communication method which satisfies confidentiality to secure the contents from tapping transmission and user authentication to confirm the identification of parties involved in the communication.

Abstract: The belt retractor of the occupant restraint system comprises a frame, a belt reel rotatably mounted in the frame, a locking mechanism for selectively blocking the belt reel and a vehicle-sensitive sensor. The locking mechanism is actuated by an actor. An electronic control unit is provided with an input interface and an output interface. The vehicle-sensitive sensor is connected to the input interface and the actor is connected to the output interface.

Abstract: In a seat belt guide of the invention, a hanger for guiding a seat belt by inserting the seat belt through a belt passing opening is inserted into a hanger guiding portion of a main portion to be moved in a front-to-rear direction. When the hanger is slid forwards by a predetermined distance, a rear end of a sliding groove of the hanger engages with a bolt to thereby swing the hanger in a horizontal direction. Since the seat belt is urged by a spring to a side opposite to a direction in which the seat belt is taken out of the belt passing opening when the seat belt is attached to a passenger, even if the passenger of small build wears the seat belt, the seat belt is not wound round the shoulder of the passenger and the seat belt adjusted to a lower attaching height can be attached to a proper position.

Abstract: A seat belt system for a motor vehicle is provided that includes a seat belt retractable from a seat belt winding roller and having an extent which passes to and through a connecting tongue for releasably connecting the seat belt to a seat latch and having an end secured to an end fixture fixedly connected to the motor vehicle. An electrical lead extends along at least a portion of the longitudinal extent of the seat belt. A measuring device measures a variation in an electrical property of the electrical lead, which varies in correspondence with the extension of the seat belt due to the application of a pulling force on the seat belt. An evaluation device evaluates the measurements performed by the measuring device to yield an output representative of the pulling force applied to the seat belt.

Abstract: A protective pad for positioning over a medical device subdermally implanted in the chest of a passenger between the shoulder strap of an automobile seat belt assembly and the chest of the passenger. The pad has a generally continuous lateral wall or a U-shaped lateral wall having an inner end positionable on the passenger's chest and an opposed outer end. There is a top wall superimposed over the outer end of the continuous lateral wall to form a recessed area beneath this top wall over the medical device. A pair of fabric flaps extend from the generally continuous lateral wall in opposed relation to each other. These flaps are each equipped with VELCRO strips to be engageable with each other around the seat belt shoulder strap. Alternatively, a single flap equipped with a VELCRO strip can engage a similar strip on the top wall.

Abstract: A tongue hooking mechanism for a seat belt incorporating a buckle disposed on a side of a seat adjacent to a central portion of a cabin of a vehicle; a seat belt having a fixed portion formed at an end thereof and disposed on the wall of the cabin; a through anchor portion disposed in an upper portion of the wall and arranged to support an intermediate portion of the seat belt; a retractor disposed below the through anchor portion and outer than the fixed portion and arranged to wind the seat belt up; and a tongue joined to an intermediate portion of the seat belt and arranged to be bitten by the buckle so that the abdomen and the breast of an occupant are held, the tongue hooking mechanism for a seat belt having: a fixing member with which the through anchor portion is joined to the wall, wherein a hook having a claw facing upwards is provided for the fixing member or a cover which covers the fixing member, and the tongue is permitted to be hooked by the hook.

Abstract: A ceiling retractable three point seat belt system for restraining a passenger in a vehicle seat includes a seat belt webbing having a first end connected to a retractor secured to the vehicle, a first buckle anchored to the vehicle and disposed on one side of the passenger, and a second buckle anchored to the vehicle and disposed on an opposite side of the passenger. Further, a first latch member is connected to a second end of the seat belt webbing, remote from the first end, wherein the first latch member has a first tongue plate engageable with the, first buckle. A second latch member has a webbing loop, through which the seat belt webbing is threaded, such that the second latch member is slidable along the seat belt webbing, from the first latch member toward the retractor. The second latch member has a second tongue plate engageable with the second buckle.

Abstract: An interwoven belting fabric for using conveyors, including treadmills, is constructed of a dual layer of weft yarns comprising adjacent couplets, and a plurality of binder warp yarns. Each binder warp yarn extends over of couplets of weft yarns, and under a plurality of adjacent couplets of weft yarns so that the warp yarns extends under more couplets in the lower layer then extends over couplets in the upper layer.

Abstract: A vibratory roller R comprises a pair of rolls 5 axially supported at both sides of a body 1 in a cantilevered fashion, a pair of vibration generating devices 6 for vibrating each of the rolls 5, a pair of vibrating motors 7 for driving each of the vibration generating devices 6 and a pair of roll-driving motors 8 for rotating each of the rolls 5. The rolls 5 are connected to each other through the roll-driving motors 8 and by a connecting member 29, and the connecting member 29 is attached to the body 1 through vibration isolating members 30. The vibratory roller R enables a compacting operation with both rolls 5 vibrating simultaneously, and the service life of the vibration isolating members 30 can be extended.