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Inflator-connector for inflatable vehicle safety belts

  • US 3,877,719 A
  • Filed: 11/24/1972
  • Issued: 04/15/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A combination vehicle safety harness assembly and inflatorconnector comprising:

  • a. inflatable lap and shoulder belts having one end of both belts interconnected and terminating in a rigid unitary tubular coupling member constructed as a single rigid hollow unit having an inlet opening for the passage of gas, and an outlet connected to the interconnecting seat belts;

    b. a rigid cooperating connecting member anchored to the vehicle, having conduit means therethrough, and adapted to accept the tubular coupling member in substantially gas-tight engagement, with the outlet of the conduit means in substantial alignment with the inlet opening of the coupling member, to permit the passage of gas from the connecting member to the coupling member when in engagement therewith;

    c. a source of gas in communication with the inlet of the conduit;

    d. said tubular coupling member being sized to slip within a portion of the outlet of said rigid connecting member, and having on its tubular structure a point of enlargement for locking engagement with cooperating biased latches in the anchored connecting member, whereby said coupling member may be pressed and locked into communication with said connecting member, and thereby with the source of gas;

    e. disengaging means for manual disengagement of the tubular coupling member;

    f. sensing means responsive to preselected Conditions to initiate the flow of gas through the engaged connecting member and coupling member to simultaneously inflate the interconnecting inflatable belts; and

    g. said coupling member having connected thereto a rigid structure spanning the belt in its folded condition while leaving sufficient clearance for passage of gas through said belt, said rigid structure having a graspable handle attached thereto to aid a user in guiding the coupling member for engagement with the anchored connecting member.

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