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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2005
Teruhiko Koide, Aichi-ken, JP;
Koji Muto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Nojiri, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshihito Miyagawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Teruhiko Koide, Aichi-ken, JP;
Koji Muto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Nojiri, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshihito Miyagawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A buckle pretensioner system includes a substantially L-shaped rail for guiding a buckle body of a buckle from a position where the buckle body engages with a tongue plate to a position corresponding to a lumbar region of a vehicle occupant. When a vehicle disposed with the buckle pretensioner system undergoes a sudden deceleration, a piston inside a cylinder is moved in a frontward direction of the vehicle by gas generated by the actuation of a gas generator, a buckle stay is pulled by a wire coupled to the piston, and the buckle stay is moved along the shape of the rail. As a result, the buckle body supported by the buckle stay pivots from the position where the buckle body engages with the tongue plate to a vehicle occupant restraining position of a webbing belt, and then is pulled to the lumbar region-corresponding position.