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Belt locking arrangement for a passive belt system for automobiles

  • US 3,971,570 A
  • Filed: 03/03/1975
  • Issued: 07/27/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A belt locking arrangement for a passive safety-belt system for automotive vehicles having a forwardly hinged vehicle door, wherein a belt lock is movable in a guide on the inner surface of the door into and out of locking engagement with a lock tongue secured to the body of the vehicle, by an auxiliary power drive, said arrangement comprising, in combination, a guide sleeve built into the door and formed with a slot opening toward the interior of the vehicle;

  • a flexible push-pull member running in said guide sleeve and connected to said auxiliary drive for operation thereby; and

    a transporter slide extending through said slot and connected to said push-pull member and to said belt lock;

    said lock comprising two substantially U-shaped cover plates spaced from and extending parallel to one another to define therebetween an open forward-facing gap for said lock tongue;

    a pair of symmetrically formed claws pivotally mounted between the front ends of said cover plates;

    said claws having oblique faces directed toward the front and opposing each other in the zone of said forward-facing gap; and

    respective return springs biasing said claws to engage their oblique faces with each other.

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