Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tongue and seat belt device using same
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Application No.: US14415264Application Date: 2013-07-16
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Publication No.: US09615632B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Motonori Okano , Yuuki Tabata , Yoshihiko Kawai
- Applicant: Takata Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TAKATA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TAKATA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2012-159694 20120718
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/069299 WO 20130716
- International Announcement: WO2014/013987 WO 20140123
- Main IPC: A44B11/25
- IPC: A44B11/25 ; B60R22/18

Abstract:
To enable a tongue to be more compact in size even when a seat-belt locking member is disposed and to achieve satisfactory mountability. A tongue (7) includes a resin mold portion (12) having seat belt lock guide holes (21) and (22). The resin mold portion (12) is provided with a seat belt lock (13) such that it is movable between an unlocking position where it does not lock a seat belt (4) and a locking position where it locks the seat belt (4) while being guided by the seat belt lock guide holes (21) and (22), and the seat belt lock (13) is set in the unlocking position under normal conditions and is set in the locking position in emergency. The seat belt lock (13) is continuously urged toward the unlocking position by a torsion spring (14). In emergency, the seat belt lock (13) is set in the locking position by a pressing force from the seat belt (4) against the urging force of the torsion spring (14).
Public/Granted literature
- US20150173461A1 TONGUE AND SEAT BELT DEVICE USING SAME Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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