Passive seat belt system
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1. A passive seat belt system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a belt coupled at its one end to a vehicle door and having inner thin space therein extending from said one end to the other end;
a seat belt retractor secured to a floor of a motor vehicle and having a retracting reel rotatably received therein for windingly retaining said belt and a coil spring coupled to said retracting reel for normally biasing said reel in a belt retracting direction;
belt reinforcing means of flat strip type inserted at its one end into said inner thin space of said belt through an opening provided thereon;
reel means rotatably mounted in said vehicle door for windingly retaining said belt reinforcing means; and
driving means mounted in said vehicle door and coupled to said reel means for extending said belt reinforcing means when said vehicle door is opened, said belt reinforcing means extending through said inner thin space in accordance with the extension thereof driven by said driving means, andsaid driving means retracting said belt reinforcing means when said vehicle door is closed, and thereby said belt reinforcing means is retracted from said inner thin space.
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A passive seat belt system having a seat belt for restraining a wearer in the seat from being thrown away when large acceleration or deceleration has been exerted on the wearer, a reinforcing strip combined with the seat belt to give the seat belt a rigidity so that the seat belt can stretch by the help of only the above reinforcing strip, and a driving unit connected with the reinforcing strip for driving the strip so that the seat belt can automatically be stretched forward over the seat, whereby the wearer gets in and out of a vehicle very freely.
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6 Claims
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1. A passive seat belt system for a motor vehicle comprising:
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a belt coupled at its one end to a vehicle door and having inner thin space therein extending from said one end to the other end; a seat belt retractor secured to a floor of a motor vehicle and having a retracting reel rotatably received therein for windingly retaining said belt and a coil spring coupled to said retracting reel for normally biasing said reel in a belt retracting direction; belt reinforcing means of flat strip type inserted at its one end into said inner thin space of said belt through an opening provided thereon; reel means rotatably mounted in said vehicle door for windingly retaining said belt reinforcing means; and driving means mounted in said vehicle door and coupled to said reel means for extending said belt reinforcing means when said vehicle door is opened, said belt reinforcing means extending through said inner thin space in accordance with the extension thereof driven by said driving means, and said driving means retracting said belt reinforcing means when said vehicle door is closed, and thereby said belt reinforcing means is retracted from said inner thin space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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