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Illuminated seat belt buckle

  • US 10,080,401 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2017
  • Issued: 09/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An illuminated seat belt buckle for a seat belt, the illuminated seat belt buckle comprising:

  • a buckle housing;

    a locking mechanism;

    an insertion slot for a belt latch of the seat belt;

    an actuating button for releasing the illuminated seat belt buckle; and

    an illuminating device that has at least one light source and is arranged in the illuminated seat belt buckle,wherein the buckle housing has a light-permeable and annularly closed light outlet opening from which the coupled-in light provided by the illuminating device emerges and which circumferentially surrounds the actuating button and/or the insertion slot,wherein the buckle housing includes side walls that form side surfaces of the illuminated seat belt buckle and an annularly closed cover shell that covers distal end faces of the side walls, such that the cover shell forms an end face of the buckle housing, the cover shell having an opening for the actuating button and/or the insertion slot, and the light outlet opening being arranged in the cover shell, andwherein the cover shell is detachably connected to the side walls of the buckle housing.

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