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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert P Ellis, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24642 ; 24633 ; 24641 ;
Abstract
A seat belt buckle has a spring biased ejector member and a slidable pushbutton member. A coil spring biases both the pushbutton member and the ejector member. A secure connection between the ejector member and the pushbutton member is provided in a vertically compact structure. Contact surfaces on the ejector member and contact surfaces on the pushbutton member are all contained vertically within the confines of a track along which those members slide horizontally in the buckle.