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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1997
Matthias Pleyer, Senden, DE;
Marko Tetzner, Deutscheinsiedel, DE;
Abstract
A device for the automatic and vertically adjustable mounting of the upper attachment fitting or deflection fitting for a safety belt in a motor vehicle, the device comprising a substantially vertically arranged rail (1) having lateral latch recesses (4), a slide member (7) which is displaceably guided along the rail and in which a pawl (8) having a laterally protecting latch nose (10) is pivotally mounted about an axis (I) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the rail for movement between a latched position and an unlatched position, an adjustment element (19) which acts on the pawl (8) in the one direction of displacement and is controlled in dependence on the seat position of the associated vehicle seat, and with a bearing (12) for the deflection fitting moveable with the sliding member, with the bearing acting on the pawl (8) in such a way that the pawl (8) is pivoted into its latched position when the bearing (12) is loaded by the belt, wherein, in order to increase the operational reliability and also to simplify the construction and to reduce the manufacturing costs, a resetting element (23) is provided which acts on the pawl (8) in the other direction of displacement and wherein the adjustment element (19) and the resetting element (23) act on the pawl (8) at two points (17, 24) arranged on the same side of the pivot axis (I).