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Passive restraint belt system

  • US 4,225,156 A
  • Filed: 03/26/1979
  • Issued: 09/30/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with a vehicle body having an occupant compartment in which an occupant seat is accessible through a door opening defined by a door opening structure of the vehicle body and selectively opened and closed by a movable door having a longitudinally extending window frame, a passive occupant shoulder belt arrangement comprising:

  • a shoulder belt having a outboard end fixedly mounted on the window frame and an inboard end retractably mounted on the vehicle body inboard the occupant seat to retract the belt to a diagonal restraining position across the occupant when the door is closed and to extend the belt when the door is open;

    a track extending longitudinally along the window frame;

    a carriage movable along the track and slidably engaging the shoulder belt;

    and a rigid link of fixed length having a forward end pivotally mounted on the vehicle body door opening structure and a rearward end pivotally connected with the carriage to pull the carriage forwardly along the track during door opening movement to move the shoulder belt forward of the occupant and to push the carriage rearwardly upon closing movement of the door to establish the carriage in juxtaposition with the outboard fixed end of the shoulder belt and thereby return the belt to the diagonal restraining position.

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