Deflection fitting for a safety belt

• US 4,402,528 A
• Filed: 06/18/1981
• Issued: 09/06/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1980
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: REPA Feinstanzwerk GmbH
• Original Assignee: REPA Feinstanzwerk GmbH
• Inventors: Fohl, Artur
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Robert R.
• Application Number:
  US06/274,866
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: 280/808, 280/801, 280/803, 280/806, 297/483
• US Class Current: 280/808
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/24 secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle

Abstract

Deflection fitting for a safety belt, especially for motor vehicles with a fitting plate which can swievel about a swivel axis. The fitting plate has a guide slot which is defined by a rounded deflection surface and lateral edge webs adjacent thereto. The guide slot is arranged asymmetrically to the swivel axis relative to its lengthwise dimension is concerned, and the swivel axis is arranged asymmetrically to the guide slot in the travel direction.

Claims

1. Deflection fitting for a safety belt which may be pulled out as well as returned to a roll-up device, especially for motor vehicles, for deflecting the belt, the deflection fitting comprising a fitting plate which can swivel about a swivel axis and which has an elongated guide slot through which the safety belt is passed and pulled out from the slot in a travel direction which is at an angle to either side of a plane midway to and perpendicular to the slots'"'"' lengthwise dimension, said guide slot defined by a rounded deflection surface and lateral edge webs adjacent thereto, said guide slot arranged asymmetrically to the swivel axis relative to the slot'"'"'s lengthwise dimension and with the swivel axis arranged asymmetrically to the guide slot on the same side of the perpendicular plane as the travel direction.

2. Deflection fitting according to claim 1, wherein the fitting plate has its center of gravity located at least approximately at a point on a connecting line which goes through the swivel axis and is perpendicular to the lengthwise dimension of the guide slot.

3. Deflection fitting according to claim 1, wherein the fitting plate is engaged by a return spring which moves the fitting plate when mechanically unloaded into a swivel position in which the guide slot is at least approximately horizontal.

4. Deflection fitting according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a safety margin is provided between the lateral belt boundaries and the lateral edge webs of the fitting plate.

5. Deflection fitting for a safety belt which may be pulled out as well as returned to a roll-up device, especially for motor vehicles, for deflecting the belt, the deflection fitting comprising a fitting plate which can swivel about a swivel axis and which has an elongated guide slot through which the safety belt is passed and pulled out from the slot in a travel direction which is at an angle to either side of a plane midway to and perpendicular to the slot'"'"'s lengthwise dimension, said guide slot defined by a rounded deflection surface and lateral edge webs adjacent thereto, said guide slot arranged asymmetrically to the swivel axis relative to the slot'"'"'s lengthwise dimension and with the swivel axis arranged asymmetrically to the guide slot on the same side of the perpendicular plane as the travel direction, wherein the fitting plate has its center of gravity located at least approximately at a point on a connecting line which goes through the swivel axis and is perpendicular to the lengthwise dimension of the guide slot, wherein the fitting plate is engaged by a return spring which moves the fitting plate when mechanically unloaded into a swivel position in which the guide slot is at least approximately horizontal.