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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1981
Shigeru Moriya, Toyota, JP;
Akio Yoshida, Toyota, JP;
Muneharu Matsunami, Seto, JP;
Tatsushi Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tsuge, Chiryu, JP;
Yuji Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Seisakusho, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Seisakusho, JP;
Abstract
An automatic seatbelt system in which a pair of sprocket wheels are driven by a single driving motor to move both shoulder and lap webbings in response to an occupant entering or leaving a vehicle. A flexible shoulder tape is connected to the shoulder webbing through a guide member slidable along a roof side of the vehicle, and extends along a vehicle body to mesh with one of the sprocket wheel. A flexible lap tape is connected to the lap webbing through a guide member slidable along an inner surface of a vehicle door, and extends along the vehicle door and body to mesh with the other of the sprocket wheel. When the sprocket wheels rotate, both shoulder and lap seatbelt webbings are simultaneously moved through the tapes toward either the front side of the vehicle to provide an enough space for the occupant to enter the vehicle, or the rear side of the vehicle to place the webbings over the occupant at a seat.