Key Safety Systems, Inc.

Ravinder Mann

Richard William Koning

Lawrence M Refior

David R Arnold

Robert J Desmarais

Eric J Baumbach

Joel Gordon

Gopalakrishnan Doraiswamy

Joseph Hillaker

Kim Anzell

Phillip Yee

A method of installing a seat belt system () into a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the system of the type including a seat belt retractor (), a height adjuster () and a web guide (), the method including the steps of: a) providing a height adjusting mechanism having a bar or track and a carrier; b) securing the web guide to the carrier so the height adjuster and web guide form a subassembly; c) locating and securing the retractor to a desired location within the vehicle and; d) lifting the subassembly and manipulating the height adjuster to a desired location in the vehicle and securing the height adjuster to the desired location, wherein the step of lifting the subassembly simultaneously locates the web guide to its desired location.

Seat belt assembly and method of installation

A height adjuster for a vehicle safety restraint has a web guide () and a track () for the web guide. The web guide () is vertically moveable along the track (). A lock () has a lock condition for preventing vertical movement of the web guide () along the track () and an unlocked condition for allowing vertical movement of the web guide () along the track (). A release mechanism () is operatively connectable to said lock (). The release mechanism () has a release position for placing the lock () in the unlocked condition and an unreleased position from maintaining the lock () in the lock condition. A lift mechanism () at least partially assists vertical movement of the web guide () along the track () and biases the release mechanism () toward the unreleased position.

Height adjuster with spring having dual functions

An air bag module has an air bag housing with an opening for deploying the air bag. The opening is provided with the cover. A connector attaches the cover to the air bag housing. The connector has an aperture and a protrusion for engaging the aperture. The aperture is located on one of the air bag housing and the cover while the protrusion is located on the other of the air bag housing and the cover. The protrusion has a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion extends from a surface of one of the air bag housing and the cover while the second portion extends transversely from the first portion and the third portion extends transversely from the first portion.

Air bag door and attachment method

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Sterling Heights, MI, United States of America

Ravinder Mann