Claims
- 1. A seat restraint system mountable to a vehicle comprising:
a seat; a suspension for mounting said seat to a vehicle floor operable to allow said seat to move to and from the vehicle floor; belt means mounted to said seat and operable to restrain an occupant on said seat, said belt means includes a belt with a first end portion and a second end portion with a first locking portion mounted therebetween and to said belt, said belt means further including a second locking device lockingly engageable and mateable with said first locking device; a connector mounted to said seat and connected to said belt and said second locking device; and, a seat retractor having a flexible portion connected to said connector operable to tighten said belt and move said seat toward the vehicle floor upon crash.
- 2. The seat restraint system of claim 1 wherein:
said seat retractor includes a fluid cylinder with an extendable rod connected to said flexible portion.
- 3. The seat restraint system of claim 1 wherein:
said seat retractor includes a device with a rotary output connected to said flexible portion.
- 4. The seat restraint system of claim 1 wherein:
said connector is a cable slidably mounted to said seat with opposite ends connected to said first end portion and said second locking device with said flexible portion connected between said opposite ends.
- 5. A seat restraint system mountable to a vehicle comprising:
a seat mountable to a vehicle floor and being movable to and from the vehicle floor; a belt assembly mountable to said seat to restrain an occupant on said seat, said belt assembly including a retractor and a belt with a lap portion with a first end and a first locking portion mounted to said belt between said retractor and said first end, said assembly further including a second locking device lockingly engageable and mateable with said first locking device; an interconnecting flexible device mounted to said seat; and, a retracting device connected to said interconnecting flexible device to move said interconnecting flexible device to move said seat toward the vehicle floor upon crash.
- 6. The system of claim 5 wherein:
said retracting device connected to said interconnecting flexible device tightens said belt prior to moving said seat toward the vehicle floor upon crash.
- 7. The system of claim 5 wherein:
said interconnecting flexible device is a cable mounted to said seat, said cable connected to said second locking device and to said first end of said lap portion, said retracting device connected to said cable between said second locking device and said first end of said lap portion.
- 8. The system of claim 5 wherein:
said retracting device includes a cylinder with an cylinder rod, a movably mounted member connected to said cylinder rod, and an extension rod connected to and between said movably mounted member said interconnecting flexible device with movement of said cylinder rod moving said movably mounted member, said extension rod and said interconnecting flexible device to tighten said belt.
- 9. The system of claim 5 wherein:
said retracting device has a rotary output and a second flexible device connected to said rotary output and to said interconnecting flexible device, said retracting device rotating said rotary output in a first direction winding up said second flexible device to pull said seat downwardly toward the vehicle floor upon crash.
- 10. The system of claim 9 wherein:
rotation of said rotary device in said first direction pulls said interconnecting device to tighten said belt and then pull said seat downwardly toward the vehicle floor upon crash.
- 11. The system of claim 10 wherein:
said retracting device includes a guide with said second flexible device slidably mounted thereon allowing said rotary device to be located remotely from said seat.
- 12. The system of claim 7 wherein:
said retracting device includes a fluid cylinder with an extendable piston rod and further includes a second flexible device connected to said cable with extension of said piston rod upon crash moving said second flexible device to move said cable tightening said belt assembly and pulling said seat toward the vehicle floor.
- 13. A seat restraint system mountable to a vehicle comprising:
a seat; a suspension for mounting said seat to a vehicle floor operable to allow said seat to move to and from the vehicle floor; a belt assembly mounted to said seat and operable to restrain an occupant on said seat, said assembly includes a belt with a first end portion and a second end portion, said assembly further includes a first lock and a second lock lockingly engageable and mateable with said first lock, said first lock mounted to said belt between said first end portion and said second end portion, said second lock mounted to said seat; and, a seat retractor assembly including a flexible portion connected to said seat to move said seat toward the vehicle floor upon crash, said retractor assembly further including a power cylinder with an extendable piston rod, a pivotally mounted arm connected to said piston rod, and a rigid extension rod movably connected to said arm and said flexible portion.
- 14. The seat restraint system of claim 13 wherein:
said flexible portion is attached to said belt assembly with said seat retractor assembly pulling and tightening said belt assembly prior to pulling said seat toward the vehicle floor upon crash.
- 15. The seat restraint system of claim 14 wherein:
said flexible portion is a cable attached to said belt and said second lock.
Parent Case Info
[0001] Applicant claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/226,071, filed Aug. 17, 2000.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60226071 |
Aug 2000 |
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