General Engineering (netherlands) B.v.

Allied Engineering Company S.a.

Artur L Haglund

Erik L Eksell

A sensor adapted to sense a side impact in a vehicle comprises an elongate element extending between two substantially fixed points spaced apart along the side of a vehicle, a sensor being provided adapted to sense tension in or longitudinal movement of the elongate element caused by an impact which deforms the vehicle.

Collision sensor

Safety belt buckle

A buckle is intended to receive a tongue which is mounted on a safety-belt along a predetermined path. A latching member in the buckle engages the tongue. A push-button, associated with a separate actuating element, is provided to move the latching member between a latching position and a release position. The push-button is spring-biassed to a predetermined forward-most position. Part of the actuating element contacts the push-button when the tongue is inserted in the buckle, but is separated from the push-button when the tongue is not present in the buckle.

Present invention relates to a safety-belt buckle

Seat belt buckle

A safety belt buckle has a slider having first and also second parts each adapted to engage and retain a locking member in a locking condition in which it engages a tongue inserted in the buckle. The slider is spring biassed to a position in which one part engages and retains the locking member and is movable against the spring bias to a second position to permit the locking member to move to release the tongue. The arrangement is such that if the buckle is subjected to a severe force, which moves the slider against the spring bias, the slider moves to a third position in which the second part engages and retains the locking member in the locking position.

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Vargarda, Sweden

Artur L Haglund