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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:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24603 ; 24633 ;
Abstract
A seat belt tongue retaining device which comprises a buckle unit having an insertion passage into which a tongue is inserted, and a latch pawl capable of getting into and out of the insertion passage. A tongue has a latch hole for allowing the latch pawl to engage therewith. Slots formed in the tongue extend in the inserting direction. Arms disposed turnably in the buckle unit have leading ends capable of protruding and moving in the tongue inserting direction. The arms engage with the slots of the tongue in the insertion passage and pull the tongue deep into the passage wherein the tongue is latched automatically.