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Vehicular passive safety device

  • US 20020130498A1
  • Filed: 03/01/2002
  • Published: 09/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicular passive safety device comprising:

  • a lap belt;

    a shoulder belt capable of being inflated;

    a retractor provided on one side of a seat for winding an end of the lap belt;

    a tongue supported on an intermediate portion of the lap belt wherein the tongue can slide relative thereto;

    a buckle provided on the other side of the seat for detachable connecting the tongue relative thereto; and

    an inflator operatively connected to said shoulder belt for restraining an occupant by inflating the shoulder belt with high pressure gas from the inflator when a vehicle collides;

    an end of said shoulder belt being disposed adjacent to the inflator is attached to a first strut provided on a side of the seat wherein the upper and lower positions can be adjusted for protecting the shoulders of an occupant.

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