公开(公告)号：US20250100690A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18472142

申请日：2023-09-21

Applicant: Textron Aviation Inc.

Inventor： Dean Ross GONZALEZ

IPC: B64D11/06

Abstract: Force absorbing shoulder belt assemblies for vehicle seats, especially aircraft seats, are provided. The shoulder belt assemblies will include a box structure defining an interior space having an open rear end and adapted to being fixed to adjacent vehicle structure, a block of a compressible material positioned within the interior space of the box structure, a rear plate in pressing contact with the rear face of the block of compressible material, and an inertial reel assembly carried by the rear plate and including a shoulder web strap which extends through the rear plate, the block of compressible material and the box structure. When a deceleration force of predetermined magnitude is exerted on the shoulder web strap of the inertial reel, the rear plate will responsively be forcibly pressed against the block of compressible material thereby compressively crushing the compressible material within the box structure to thereby absorb shock force of the shoulder web strap against vehicle seat occupant's torso.

公开(公告)号：US20250100689A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18472126

申请日：2023-09-21

Applicant: Textron Aviation Inc.

Inventor： Dean Ross GONZALEZ ,  Sean ORMEROD

IPC: B64D11/06

Abstract: Force absorbing shoulder belt assemblies for vehicle seats (e.g., aircraft seats) absorb and thereby reduce shoulder belt forces on the upper torso of a seat occupant in the event of a rapid deceleration event (e.g., a vehicle crash). A one-piece base mounting plate is provided which includes a central base plate section, a forwardly bent section and a forwardly projecting section extending from the forwardly bent section subjacent to the central base plate section. A pair of aligned perforations formed through the central base plate section laterally adjacent to the forwardly projecting section may be provided. The exertion of a deceleration force of predetermined magnitude on the shoulder web strap of an inertial reel attached to the forwardly projecting section along a force vector will cause a shear pin bolt normally connecting the central base plate section to the subjacent forwardly projecting section to shear thereby separating the latter from the former which in turn causes the forwardly bent portion to unbend in a direction of the force vector and/or to tear the central base plate section along the aligned perforations thereby absorbing at least a portion of the deceleration force.