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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Burke, Carlisle, GB;
Ian Alexander Gordon, Carlisle, GB;
Alan George Smithson, Edmond Castle, GB;
Assignee:
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24633 ; 24641 ;
Abstract
A buckle for a vehicle safety restraint for use with a pretensioner has an actuating button for operating a latch for the tongue of the safety restraint. The button is connected via pulleys to a counterbalancing mass. When the pretensioner is operated and the buckle is retracted, the inertia of the mass counteracts the inertia of the button. Thus the button is prevented from moving in relation to the buckle in a direction which would tend to unlatch the tongue of the safety restraint.