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Clamping device for motor vehicle safety belts

  • US 4,756,554 A
  • Filed: 03/07/1986
  • Issued: 07/12/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A clamping device for a motor vehicle safety belt comprising:

  • (a) a housing having a flat base wall along which said belt passes, an oblique front wall and a bottom wall;

    (b) a first clamping member located in said housing having a first oblique surface slidably movable along said oblique front wall of the housing and a second oblique surface;

    (c) a second clamping member located in said housing having an oblique surface slidably movable along the second oblique surface of said first clamping member and a flat surface along which said belt passes, said oblique and flat surfaces respectively of the second clamping member forming an angle smaller than the angle formed by said first and second oblique surfaces of the first clamping member; and

    (d) means for biasing said first clamping member in a direction away from the bottom wall of said housing, whereby said second clamping member is urged by said first clamping member to clamp said belt by said flat surface of the second clamping member against the flat base wall of said housing, when the first clamping member is moved by the belt towards said bottom wall of the housing in response to a predetermined belt tension.

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