Air belt devices
First Claim
1. An air belt device including an inflatable air belt, a tongue to which an end of the air belt is connected, a buckle engagable with the tongue, gas passages respectively formed within the buckle and the tongue and a gas generating device for supplying gas to the gas passage of the buckle, said air belt device being characterized in that said tongue includes plugs each having the gas passage therein,said buckle includes plug receiving bores each receiving the plug and having a check door inwardly openable based on reception of the plug and outwardly unopenable;
- said buckle includes a gas release port for discharging the gas from the gas supplying device downward or sideward; and
said gas is introduced into the plug upon the operation of the gas generating device in a tongue-connecting state in which the plug is inserted in the buckle, and released from the gas release port upon the operation of the gas generating device when the check door is in a closed position and the tongue is separated from the buckle.
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0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Ducts 66 are housed in a housing 46 of a buckle 12. When plugs 20 of a tongue 10 are inserted into plug receiving bores 48, gas outlets 72 of ducts 66 engage plugs 20. Check doors 50 that open and close are arranged on the plug receiving bores 48 of the buckle 12. Check covers 74 including flexible pieces 76 are arranged at tips of the ducts 66 and are open by gas pressure. When a gas generator 16 is actuated with the tongue 10 separated from the buckle 12, gas is discharged downward from gas relief ports 60. The check doors 50 and the check covers 74 prevent the entrance of foreign matters.
30 Citations
5 Claims
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1. An air belt device including an inflatable air belt, a tongue to which an end of the air belt is connected, a buckle engagable with the tongue, gas passages respectively formed within the buckle and the tongue and a gas generating device for supplying gas to the gas passage of the buckle, said air belt device being characterized in that said tongue includes plugs each having the gas passage therein,
said buckle includes plug receiving bores each receiving the plug and having a check door inwardly openable based on reception of the plug and outwardly unopenable; -
said buckle includes a gas release port for discharging the gas from the gas supplying device downward or sideward; and said gas is introduced into the plug upon the operation of the gas generating device in a tongue-connecting state in which the plug is inserted in the buckle, and released from the gas release port upon the operation of the gas generating device when the check door is in a closed position and the tongue is separated from the buckle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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Specification