Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.

Key Safety Systems, Inc.

Other

Thomas Schrott

Walter Krauss

Martin Specht

Stephan Schwald

Mark Seer

Michael Bär

A belt buckle for a vehicle safety belt, comprising a housing () which is formed by at least two housing shells () joined together and in which a locking mechanism () is arranged, and a pushbutton (), provided on said housing, for operating the locking mechanism (), wherein at least two housing shells () are joined together at their shell rims and that elongated cover strips () made of solid material and covering the mutually abutting rims () of the housing shells () are fixed to the joined housing shells ().

Belt buckle for a vehicle safety belt

The invention relates to a drive device for lifting a vehicle engine hood to protect pedestrians, said drive device comprising

Drive device for lifting a vehicle engine hood adapted to protect pedestrian

An assembly of seat belt buckle and a seat belt tightener has a seat belt buckle that is connected to a seat belt tightener by a pulling element. The pulling element is firmly connected within a buckle casing to a buckle mechanism of the belt buckle. The pulling element, in a region directly adjacent to the buckle casing is at least partly enclosed by a cover. The cover has an exterior shape that is tapered towards a direction in which the buckle is pulled during a seat belt tightening process. The external dimensions of the cover in the region of its larger cross section approximate the external dimensions of the adjacent end of the buckle casing and in the external dimensions of the cover in the region of its smaller cross section approximate to the external dimensions of the pulling element. Put another way, the taper of the cover approximates a taper defined by the external dimensions of an adjacent end of the buckle casing and the external dimensions of the cable over the length of the cover.

Assembly of seat belt buckle and belt tightener

A seat belt buckle carrier unit free from rattling noises having a connecting element held in a specific place by a fixing device. The fixing device can be formed by a spring steel wire which is fixed at one end and with its free end, exerts pressure on the connecting element. To ensure reliable contact between the spring steel wire and the connecting element, the spring steel wire can have, at its end exerting a pressure on the connecting element, a loop that surrounds the connecting element.

Seatbelt buckle carrier unit

A seat belt buckle has a guide channel formed in a buckle frame into which a tongue connected to a seat belt can be inserted. An ejector, located in the guide channel acts, as an ejector spring in the ejection direction opposite to the insertion direction of the tongue. A locking element is mounted on the buckle frame and can be moved out of an unlocking position into a locking position in order to lock the tongue in the guide channel. A securing element is movable between a securing position for holding the locking element in the locking position and a release position for releasing the locking element. A blocking device is mounted on the securing element and is moved into a blocking position when the locking element is in the locking position. The securing element is held in the securing position against a movement into the release position, whereby the blocking device is held in the blocking position by the ejector.

Seat belt buckle

A buckle for a seat belt has an interlock that provides impact resistance between an ejector and a support for a securing element for securing the locked state, the interlock being maintained during the retensioning process.

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Feldafing, Germany

Thomas Schrott