US5415431A
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Seat belt pretensioner system
Assignee: Industria Grafica Meschi SRL
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Filing: 1993-07-14
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Granted: 1995-05-16
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Expires: 2013-07-14
Abstract
Abstract A seat belt system having a collision sensor that detects an impact which a vehicular body undergoes, and a pretensioner mechanism which starts retraction of a webbing responsive to the impact detected by the collision sensor and completes retraction of the webbing when tension of the webbing coincides with a fuse load thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideo Omura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 09:33
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R21/00; B60R21/01; B60R21/015; B60R21/01512; B60R21/01544; B60R21/0155; B60R22/00; B60R22/34; B60R22/36; B60R22/42; B60R22/46; B60R2022/4685; B60R22/12; B60R22/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A seat belt system for a vehicle having a vehicular body, comprising: a webbing comprising a base material having high extensibility and an additional material having high extensibility and an additional material having low extensibility, said webbing elongating a predetermined amount to restrain a load increase of said webbing when a tension of said webbing coincides with a fuse load as previously set; an anchorage mounted to the vehicular body, said anchorage being connected to said webbing at one end thereof; a retractor mounted to the vehicular body, said retractor being connected to bias webbing at another end thereof for winding said webbing; an impact detecting means for detecting an impact which the vehicular body undergoes; and a pretensioner means for starting a retraction of said webbing responsive to dais impact detected by said impact detecting means, and competing said retraction of said webbing when said tension of said webbing coincides with said fuse load.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
A seat belt system for a vehicle having a vehicular body, comprising: a webbing comprising a base material having high extensibility and an additional material having high extensibility and an additional material having low extensibility, said webbing elongating a predetermined amount to restrain a load increase of said webbing when a tension of said webbing coincides with a fuse load as previously set; an anchorage mounted to the vehicular body, said anchorage being connected to said webbing at one end thereof; a retractor mounted to the vehicular body, said retractor being connected to bias webbing at another end thereof for winding said webbing; an impact detecting means for detecting an impact which the vehicular body undergoes; and a pretensioner means for starting a retraction of said webbing responsive to dais impact detected by said impact detecting means, and competing said retraction of said webbing when said tension of said webbing coincides with said fuse load.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a tension detecting means for detecting said tension of said webbing, said pretensioner means completing said retraction of the webbing in response to said tension detecting a tension which coincides with said fuse load.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said tension detecting means includes a load cell.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a holding means for holding said webbing when said tension of said webbing coincides with said fuse load, said holding means being part of said pretensioner means and completing said retraction of said webbing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said holding means includes a clamp mechanism.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
70 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pretensioner means includes a setting means for setting a retraction amount of said webbing until said tension of said webbing coincides with said fuse load to a total value of a slack amount of said webbing upon setting of said webbing and an elongation amount of said webbing until said tension of said webbing coincides with said fuse load.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said pretensioner means includes an estimating means for estimating said retraction amount until said tension of said webbing coincides with said fuse load from passenger informations, and completing said retraction of said webbing at said retraction amount as estimated.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said estimating means includes a control part.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said passenger informations include a passenger's build, clothes, and seating posture.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said setting means includes a cylinder.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A seat belt system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said impact detecting means includes a collision sensor.
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