LIGHT WEIGHT TWO-POINT AVIATION SEATBELT

• US 20130292990A1
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autoliv ASP Incorporated (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Autoliv ASP Incorporated (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kohlndorfer, Kenneth H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,173,456 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/468
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/2526 with an operating lever

Abstract

A restraint system for a mobile platform is provided and may include a first belt portion and a second belt portion each having a first end secured to the mobile platform and a second end movable relative to the mobile platform. A latch plate may be fixed to the second end of one of the first belt portion and the second belt portion and a buckle may be secured to the second end of the other of the first belt portion and the second belt portion. The buckle may be selectively connected to the latch plate in a latched state and may include a housing having an opening receiving the latch plate in the latched state and at least one aperture disposed adjacent to the opening and formed through a surface of the housing opposing a user when in the latched state.

Claims

1. A restraint system for a mobile platform, the restraint system comprising:

a first belt portion having a first end secured to the mobile platform and a second end movable relative to the mobile platform;

a second belt portion having a first end secured to the mobile platform and a second end movable relative to the mobile platform;

a latch plate fixed to said second end of one of said first belt portion and said second belt portion; and

a buckle secured to said second end of the other of said first belt portion and said second belt portion and selectively connected to said latch plate in a latched state to join said first belt portion and said second belt portion, said buckle including a housing having an opening receiving said latch plate in said latched state and at least one aperture disposed adjacent to said opening and formed through a surface of said housing opposing a user when in said latched state.

2. The restraint system of claim 1, wherein said at least one aperture includes two apertures.

3. The restraint system of claim 2, wherein said two apertures extend into a first side surface and a second side surface of said housing, respectively.

4. The restraint system of claim 3, wherein said first side surface and said second side surface are formed substantially perpendicular to said surface of said housing and substantially parallel to one another.

5. The restraint system of claim 1, wherein said at least one aperture extends into a side surface of said housing.

6. The restraint system of claim 5, wherein said side surface is substantially perpendicular to said surface of said housing.

7. The restraint system of claim 1, wherein said latch plate includes an aperture at least partially received within said housing in said latched state.

8. The restraint system of claim 7, wherein said aperture of said latch plate includes a longitudinal axis that extends along a longitudinal axis of said one of said first belt portion and said second belt portion.

9. The restraint system of claim 1, wherein said housing includes a reduced-width portion at said opening.

10. The restraint system of claim 1, wherein said housing includes a latch mechanism operable to engage said latch plate in said latched state.

11. A restraint system for a mobile platform, the restraint system comprising:

a first belt portion having a first end secured to the mobile platform and a second end movable relative to the mobile platform;

a second belt portion having a first end secured to the mobile platform and a second end movable relative to the mobile platform;

a buckle secured to said second end of one of said first belt portion and said second belt portion and including a latch mechanism movable between a latched state and an unlatched state; and

a latch plate fixed to said second end of the other of said first belt portion and said second belt portion and selectively received within said buckle in said latched state to join said first belt portion and said second belt portion, said latch plate including an aperture that engages said latch mechanism in said latched state and has a longitudinal axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of said latch plate.

12. The restraint system of claim 11, wherein said buckle includes an opening receiving said latch plate in said latched state.

13. The restraint system of claim 12, wherein said buckle includes at least one aperture adjacent to said opening and formed through a surface of said buckle that opposes a user when in said latched state.

14. The restraint system of claim 13, wherein said at least one aperture includes two apertures.

15. The restraint system of claim 12, wherein said apertures of said buckle extend into side surfaces of said of said buckle that are substantially perpendicular to said surface of said buckle.

16. The restraint system of claim 13, wherein said at least one aperture extends into a side surface of said buckle.

17. The restraint system of claim 16, wherein said side surface is substantially perpendicular to said surface of said buckle.

18. The restraint system of claim 12, wherein said buckle includes a reduced-width portion at said opening.

19. The restraint system of claim 11, wherein said buckle includes a latch mechanism operable to engage said latch plate in said latched state.

20. The restraint system of claim 11, wherein said latch plate includes an attachment aperture that receives said second end of said other of said first belt portion and said second belt portion, said attachment aperture including a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said aperture, said attachment aperture being shorter than said aperture.