Active material based safety belt buckle presenter
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1. An autonomous safety buckle presenter adapted for use with a structure, said presenter comprising:
- a buckle translatably connected to the structure, so as to be caused to achieve deployed and stowed positions;
an actuator including at least one active material element operable to undergo a reversible change when exposed to an activation signal, said actuator being drivenly coupled to the buckle, such that the buckle is caused to translate to one of said deployed and stowed positions, as a result of the change; and
a latching mechanism configured to engage the buckle in said one of the positions, and configured to hold the buckle in said one of the positions when the change is reversed.
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Abstract
A safety belt buckle presenter adapted for use with a translatable buckle includes an active material element operable to undergo a reversible change when exposed to an activation signal, wherein the element is drivenly coupled to the buckle, and configured to cause the buckle to translate between deployed and stowed positions as a result of the change.
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1. An autonomous safety buckle presenter adapted for use with a structure, said presenter comprising:
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a buckle translatably connected to the structure, so as to be caused to achieve deployed and stowed positions; an actuator including at least one active material element operable to undergo a reversible change when exposed to an activation signal, said actuator being drivenly coupled to the buckle, such that the buckle is caused to translate to one of said deployed and stowed positions, as a result of the change; and a latching mechanism configured to engage the buckle in said one of the positions, and configured to hold the buckle in said one of the positions when the change is reversed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An autonomous safety buckle presenter adapted for use with a structure, said presenter comprising:
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a buckle translatably connected to the structure, so as to be caused to achieve deployed and stowed positions; and an actuator including at least one active material element operable to undergo a reversible change when exposed to an activation signal, said actuator being drivenly coupled to the buckle, such that the buckle is caused to translate to one of said deployed and stowed positions, as a result of the change, wherein the actuator further includes a strain relief mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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