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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1979
Hideoki Matsuoka, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshimi Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
In a passive restraint seat belt structure wherein a seat belt end is fixed to a slider which is movable along a mounting rail, and which is to be fixed to the rear end of the rail when the door of the vehicle is closed, a locking device for fixing the slider is disclosed. The slider is driven by a driver member which is loosely connected to the slider with a certain amount of free play therebetween. When the slider is driven backwards, the driver member is in a first position relative to the slider which allows engagement between an engagement assembly on the slider and an engagement assembly fixed on the body of the vehicle. When the slider is to be moved forward, driver member is first moved forward, and it assumes a second position relative to the slider, wherein a catch-releasing portion on the driver member breaks the engagement of the two engagement assemblies, thus releasing the slider member from its locked engagement in its rearmost position on the rail, and allowing the slider member to be driven forward.