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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Benjamin Yilma, Canton, MI (US);
Travis Justin Raines, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Edwin C. Chiu, Livonia, MI (US);
Christopher Donald Schop, Chelsea, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A latch plate for a vehicle safety belt includes a latch plate tongue element and a grip element. The grip element includes a gripping portion that is held on a plane that is offset from a plane defined by the latch plate tongue element. The gripping portion plane may be parallel to the plane defined by the latch plate tongue element. The gripping portion may be held at a plane defining an included angle to a plane defined by an associated safety belt webbing element when the latch plate tongue element is secured to a safety belt buckle element.