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TONGUE AND SEAT BELT DEVICE USING SAME

  • US 20150173461A1
  • Filed: 07/16/2013
  • Published: 06/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tongue slidably supported on a seat belt, the tongue being engageable in a buckle, the tongue comprising:

  • a tongue body including a gripping base and an engagement portion, the gripping base having a guide hole, the engagement portion being engageable in the buckle;

    a resin mold portion on the gripping base in the tongue body;

    a seat-belt locking member around which the seat belt is wound, the seat-belt locking member being movable between an unlocking position where the seat-belt locking member does not lock the seat belt and a locking position where the seat-belt locking member locks the seat belt while being guided by the guide hole, the seat-belt locking member being set in the unlocking position under normal conditions and being set in the locking position in emergency; and

    a torsion spring configured to continuously urge the seat-belt locking member to the unlocking position,wherein in the emergency, the seat-belt locking member is set in the locking position by a pressing force from the seat belt.

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