US4600626A
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Webbing suitable for use in vehicle seat belt system
Assignee: NSK Ltd
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Filing: 1985-08-20
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Granted: 1986-07-15
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Expires: 2005-08-20
Abstract
Abstract A webbing suitable for use in a vehicle seat belt system includes wefts, each of which is composed in combination of a first weft thread having low bending stiffness and a second weft thread having high bending stiffness. Owing to the inclusion of the second weft threads, the webbing of this invention is resistant to lateral, i.e., widthwise flexure. Accordingly, there is a smaller danger for the webbing of this invention to develop jamming or turning-over when caused to extend through its associated through-anchor.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeji Ogata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 12:25
CPC Classifications
D; D03; D03D; D03D1/00; D03D1/0005; B; B60; B60R; B60R22/00; B60R22/12; D03D15/00; D03D15/20; D03D15/242; D03D15/25; D03D15/283; D03D15/50; D03D15/593; D03D5/00; D10; D10B; D10B2101/00; D10B2101/20; D10B2331/00; D10B2331/02; D10B2331/04; D10B2401/00; D10B2401/06; D10B2401/062; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24777; Y10T428/24785
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
160 words
In a webbing suitable for use in a vehicle seat belt system, including a laterally-central main portion, and a woven selvedge portion and a knitted selvedge portion which are formed respectively along both side edges of the main portion, the improvement wherein the weave of the main portion comprises a number of wefts composed respectively of first weft threads and second weft threads inserted in pairs, the first weft threads have relatively low bending stiffness and the second weft threads have relatively high bending stiffness, the second weft threads are woven only in the main portion, the first weft threads are contained not only in the main portion but also in the knitted selvedge portion where the first weft threads are intertwined with their corresponding catch threads, which hold their associated wefts and comprise threads having relatively low bending stiffness, to form a hollow selvedge, and the woven selvedge portion forms a hollow selvedge with the first weft threads only.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
160 words
In a webbing suitable for use in a vehicle seat belt system, including a laterally-central main portion, and a woven selvedge portion and a knitted selvedge portion which are formed respectively along both side edges of the main portion, the improvement wherein the weave of the main portion comprises a number of wefts composed respectively of first weft threads and second weft threads inserted in pairs, the first weft threads have relatively low bending stiffness and the second weft threads have relatively high bending stiffness, the second weft threads are woven only in the main portion, the first weft threads are contained not only in the main portion but also in the knitted selvedge portion where the first weft threads are intertwined with their corresponding catch threads, which hold their associated wefts and comprise threads having relatively low bending stiffness, to form a hollow selvedge, and the woven selvedge portion forms a hollow selvedge with the first weft threads only.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first weft threads are respectively composed of multifilaments and the second weft threads are respectively composed of monofilaments.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first weft threads are respectively composed of multifilaments and the second weft threads are respectively composed of resin-treated twisted multifilaments.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first weft threads are respectively composed of multifilaments and the second weft threads are respectively composed of resin-treated non-twisted multifilaments.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first weft threads are respectively composed of multifilaments and the second weft threads are respectively composed of metallic fibers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first weft threads are respectively composed of multifilaments and the second weft threads are respectively composed of covered threads.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the catch threads are respectively composed of multifilaments.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the webbing additionally comprises a plurality of warps extending along the length of the webbing and the warps are respectively composed of multifilaments.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 8, wherein the warps and wefts consist of polyester threads.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 8, wherein the warps and wefts consist of polyamide threads.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 8, wherein the warps employed in the woven and knitted selvedge portions are finer than the warps used in the main portion.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
49 words
A webbing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the the catch threads are each composed of a first catch thread, which forms a loop together with its associated first weft thread and second weft thread, and a second catch thread forming another loop together with the first catch thread.
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