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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1981
Filed:
May. 08, 1979
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Kabushiki Tokai-Rika-Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A seatbelt system for a motor vehicle which automatically fastens or unfastens the belt around the passenger which includes a passenger restraining belt and a retractor mechanism coupled to the top of a tunnel located on an approximate center line of the motor vehicle. The seatbelt system further includes a direct locking device which is coupled to the vehicle body on the side of the tunnel below the retractor mechanism. The locking device is arranged and configured such that it directly locks the intermediate portion of the belt during a vehicular emergency such that the belt is prevented from extending and the anchor point for the belt is lowered.