Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Yasuhiko Kouda

Takuya Nezaki

Katsuki Asagiri

Keisuke Imai

Keiichi Kato

Makoto Isomura

Masanori Oyabu

Koh Watanabe

A deactivating device for a locking mechanism of a pretensioner. The deactivating device includes: an operation lever provided movably about a central axis of rotation and in a direction of the central axis of rotation, and adapted to set the locking mechanism in one of an activated state and a deactivated state; and an urging member for imparting an urging force to the operation lever, wherein the operation lever has a deactivation operation mode for setting the locking mechanism in the deactivated state as the operation lever moves continuously in stages about the central axis of rotation and in the direction of the central axis of rotation against the urging force of the urging member and a position of the operation lever is subsequently held, and an activation operation mode for setting the locking mechanism in the activated state as the operation lever is automatically made to undergo returning movement by the urging force of the urging member from the deactivation operation mode. Since the operation lever requires a two-stage operating motion about the central axis of rotation and in the direction of the central axis of rotation against the urging force of the urging member, the locking mechanism is prevented from being deactivated unnecessarily.

Deactivating device for locking mechanism of pretensioner

A seat belt apparatus in which a hook is formed on a boot covering an anchor plate. Accordingly, the hook can be engaged with an opening of a tongue plate during an assembly stage of a vehicle. As a result, the anchor plate can be held by the tongue plate, and it is therefore possible to prevent surface of a center pillar of a vehicle, which surface faces a vehicle compartment, from being damaged by the anchor plate.

Seat belt apparatus

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Aichi, Japan

Yasuhiko Kouda