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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2022
Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc., Westfield, IN (US);
Chris P. Jessup, Sheridan, IN (US);
Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc., Westfield, IN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for tensioning an occupant restraint harness coupled to an occupant seat mountable in a motor vehicle, wherein the occupant restraint harness includes first and second lap webs securable about an occupant of the seat, may include a web tensioning device configured to be attached to a rear side of the occupant seat, the web tensioning device having an actuated state and an unactuated state, and a mechanical movement converter configured to be attached to the rear side of the occupant seat and having an input operatively coupled to the web tensioning device, a first output coupled to the first lap web and a second output coupled to the second lap web, the mechanical movement converter responsive to a transition of the web tensioning device from the unactuated state to the actuated state to simultaneously apply tension to the first and second lap webs.