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Laminated tongue for vehicle seat belt buckle system

  • US 3,868,627 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1973
  • Issued: 02/25/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A switch comprising a buckle and tongue, said buckle having a latch bar mounted therein for locking the tongue in the buckle, said buckle further including a spring biased contact mounted therein contacting an end of the tongue when the tongue is locked in the buckle, said tongue being a unitary structure and including laminated electrically conductive portions separated by an insulating portion, said portions of the unitary tongue structure comprised of alternating laminations of electrically conductive and non-conductive material through its thickness, and said contact contacting said electrically conductive portions when the tongue is locked in the buckle, with an electrical circuit completed when the tongue is locked in the buckle through the electrically conductive portions of the tongue and the contact in the buckle.

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