Key Safety Systems, Inc.

Michael John Moore

Kenneth Herbert Kohlndorfer

Richard William Koning

Mark Francis Gray

David R Arnold

Wendell C Lane, Jr

Lawrence M Refior

Bayard C Temple

Tammy Marie Korona

A child seat () detecting means employing a magnet and sensor () for detecting whether a child seat () is mounted on the passenger seat (). A controller () in response to a signal from the sensor () will prevent activation of a pretensioner or belt tightener () from tensioning the seat belt or webbing () which is often positioned about or through the child seat () and/or for preventing an inflator () from expanding an airbag () when a child seat () is detected on either the front or rear passenger seat ().

Child seat with, airbag, pretensioner suppression

A tongue () for an inflatable belt restraint system, the tongue comprising: a narrow cylindrical hollow tube () comprising a first formed member and a second formed member joined together along respective mating edges of the first and second formed members and two mating portions (and) forming the looped portion of the tongue.

Tongue

A seat belt retractor () comprising: a primary () and secondary () locking mechanism and deactivation mechanism () for mechanically deactivating the second locking mechanism () when the retractor is used by occupants not in a designated class; the retractor including at least two load limiting mechanisms including for example, a torsion bar and variable elongation webbing or a torsion bar and a friction brake (or clutch) configured to be selectively employed depending on the size of the occupant.

Mechanical shifting of multi-load retractor

A seat belt retractor comprising: a first and a second energy absorption mechanism each of which is selectively activatable and respectively configured to generate first and second levels of energy absorption and when activated define an output characteristic of the retractor; a switch mechanism for operatively selecting one or the other energy level and a mode shifter for shifting between the first energy absorption level and the second energy absorption level as a function of the rotation of a spool of the retractor.

A safety system including a web guide comprising: a load-bearing member; a roller rotationally supported in relation to the load-bearing member; a one-way clutch for permitting the roller to rotate in a first direction and for prohibiting the roller from rotating in an opposite second direction.

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Attica, MI, United States of America

Michael John Moore