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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Volker Holzapfel, St. Wendel, DE;
Jurgen Petzi, Geislingen-Eybach, DE;
TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Abstract
A belt height adjuster for a vehicle safety belt system comprises a U-shaped, vehicle-fixed rail and a sled adapted to slide in the rail. The rail has side flanges and a transverse flange and detent openings and comprises at least one pawl and a pin extending perpendicularly to the transverse flange. The pawl is pivotally mounted on the sled by means of the pin and is movable from a neutral position in which displacement of the sled is permitted into a locking position in which the pawl engages one of the side flanges and jams the sled in the rail. The pawl is so eccentrically and pivotally mounted on the sled that, in response to a downwardly directed acceleration, the pawl able to pivot out of the neutral position into the locking position.