VEHICLE SEATBELT WARNING AND IGNITION CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 3,624,601 A
• Filed: 08/13/1969
• Issued: 11/30/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Denis S. Moeser, William S. Routzahn
• Original Assignee: Denis S. Moeser, William S. Routzahn
• Inventors: Routzahn, William S., Moeser, Denis S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Waring, Alvin H.
• Application Number:
  US04/849,661
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: 340/52,52E,278 307/10 180/82.8 200/61.44,61.58
• US Class Current: 180/270
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/52 for indicating emergencies
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4816 for sensing locking of buckle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4866 Displaying or indicating arrangements thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4891 preventing use of the vehicle when the seatbelt is not fastened
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/48 Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/062 Belts or other passenger restraint means for passenger seats

Abstract

A safety seatbelt that is constructed so that a vehicle cannot be operated until the seatbelt is properly fastened about a person, and wherein the seatbelt is electrically connected to the ignition switch of a vehicle, so that the circuit cannot be completed and the engine operated until the seatbelt is properly connected in place. In one form of the device, a seatbelt is provided for aircraft, buses and trains, and wherein a lighting system of warning panel is provided to indicate when one or more passengers does not have his or her seatbelt engaged.

Claims

1. A safety seatbelt comprising a pair of flexible belt sections, male and female coupling elements connected to said belt sections, said male section having a slot therein, an insulated strip fixedly mounted in said slot, a pair of spaced apart contacts mounted in said strip, conductors electrically connected to said contacts, an electrical circuit including an ignition switch electrically connected to said conductors;

said female coupling element being provided with a groove that is arranged in alignment with the slot when the male coupling element is in engagement with the female coupling element, an insulated support member operatively connected to said female coupling element and arranged adjacent to said groove, a conductor bar arranged adjacent to said support bar and said bar having a curved end portion, and coil springs interposed between said bar and support member.