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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yutaka Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Shiota, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Tadayuki Asako, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Koizumi, Kashiwara, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 1/100 ; B60R 2/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 1/100 ; B60R 2/200 ;
Abstract
A buckle is provided with a non-contact buckle switch improved in durability to be securely operated. The non-contact buckle switch is switched by detecting a movement of one of an ejector, latch member and lock member of the buckle. The buckle switch includes a magnet and a Hall element for generating an electromotive force by a magnetic field of the magnet. One of the magnet and the Hall element is attached to a fixed member, and the other of the magnet and the Hall element is attached to one of the ejector, latch member and lock member.