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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masakata Kanbe, Niwa-gun, JP;
Masahiro Taniguchi, Niwa-gun, JP;
Katsuya Kogiso, Niwa-gun, JP;
Masaya Tajima, Niwa-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 1/126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 1/126 ;
Abstract
A buckle device in which it can be detected whether or not a tongue plate inserted into a case is locked, and in which reliability of such detection is high. In the buckle device, a magnetic plate is provided at a leg portion which moves together with the tongue plate which is inserted into an interior of the case. Changes in orientation of a magnetic field of a magnet of a sensing section, which orientation varies due to the magnetic plate approaching and moving away from the magnet, are detected at an MRE sensor.