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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Lee, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Joseph Cicchelli, Warren, MI (US);
Sone Sadakhom, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 11/25 (2006.01); B60R 22/18 (2006.01); A44B 11/10 (2006.01); A44B 11/14 (2006.01); A44B 11/16 (2006.01); B60R 22/02 (2006.01); B60R 22/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 11/2557 (2013.01); A44B 11/10 (2013.01); A44B 11/14 (2013.01); A44B 11/16 (2013.01); A44B 11/2561 (2013.01); B60R 22/023 (2013.01); B60R 22/18 (2013.01); B60R 22/30 (2013.01); B60R 2022/021 (2013.01); B60R 2022/1812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seat belt assembly including a seat belt webbing, a buckle, and a connector tongue assembly. The tongue assembly includes a body, a slot in the body for receiving a seat belt webbing, a locking mechanism located proximate the slot, and a spring biasing the locking mechanism towards the slot to frictionally engage the webbing to prevent freefall of the assembly.