Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsuhiro Ogura

Mitsuaki Katsuno

Toshio Saito

The intermediate portion of an outer webbing is secured to the forward end of an inner webbing through a holder, and opposite ends of the outer webbing are secured to a door, whereby the webbings are automatically fastened to or unfastened from an occupant in accordance with the closing or opening action of the door. A lock bar provided in the holder functions such that, during normal running condition of a vehicle, the outer webbing and the holder are made movable relative to each other to bring any one of the occupants, having various physical builds into a proper webbing fastened condition, while, in an emergency of the vehicle, the lock bar subjected to a tension in the webbing clampingly holds the webbing between the outer webbing contact portion and itself, thereby securing the occupant in a reliably restrained condition.

Webbing lock device

A webbing driving guide, used in a seatbelt system wherein one end of an occupant restraining webbing is secured to a door of a vehicle, has a roller for moving the intermediate portion of the webbing forward in the vehicle along the door while the door is opened. The roller is connected to driving means provided in the door by way of an arm and a bracket. The bracket is supported by the driving device in such a manner that the bracket is disposed at a position being a distance of 1/5 to 2/5 the effective webbing supporting length apart from one end of the roller and the bracket is secured to the driving means through a mounting bolt being twisted at a predetermined angle with the axis of the roller. Hence, the outer webbing does not move greatly in the widthwise direction thereof when the outer webbing moves in the longitudinal direction thereof in a condition of being wound on the roller.

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Mitsuhiro Ogura