EP0341840A1 - Seat belt buckle - Google Patents
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- EP0341840A1 EP0341840A1 EP89303771A EP89303771A EP0341840A1 EP 0341840 A1 EP0341840 A1 EP 0341840A1 EP 89303771 A EP89303771 A EP 89303771A EP 89303771 A EP89303771 A EP 89303771A EP 0341840 A1 EP0341840 A1 EP 0341840A1
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- locking member
- blocking member
- buckle
- seat belt
- fixed bar
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
- A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
- A44B11/00—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts
- A44B11/25—Buckles; Similar fasteners for interconnecting straps or the like, e.g. for safety belts with two or more separable parts
- A44B11/2503—Safety buckles
- A44B11/2507—Safety buckles actuated by a push-button
- A44B11/2523—Safety buckles actuated by a push-button acting parallel to the main plane of the buckle and in the same direction as the fastening action
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- the apertured latch plate 24 is inserted into the rectangular slot-like passage 22 until the cross-bar 34 of the latch plate 24 makes contact with the forward edge 78 of the main body portion 62 of ejector 58. Further insertion of the latch plate 24 pushes the shaped ejector 58 rearwardly along the apertured base plate 14, compressing the ejector spring 68, until rear faces 84 of the main body portion 62 of the ejector 58 make respective contacts with the lower, free ends of the depending legs 38 of locking member 26.
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Description
- This invention relates to seat belt buckles for seat belts in motor vehicles. In particular, this invention relates to a seat belt buckle which includes a locking member pivoted in a frame of the buckle and adapted to engage and retain a separate latch plate inserted into the buckle until the locking member is released by pressure on a push button slidably mounted on the buckle frame.
- Seat belt buckles having a latch passage into which a separate latch plate can be inserted against the force exerted by a spring-biased ejector located in the passage until the latch plate engages with, and is retained by, a pivoted locking member are well known, particularly where the latch plate is released from the engagement with the pivoted locking member by pressure on a press button slidably mounted in the buckle.
- Desirable features in such seat belt buckles comprise easy and effective latching of the latch plate in the seat belt buckle, easy release of the latch plate by pressure on the push button, and the ability to retain the latch plate in a latched position in the buckle even when the latch plate and buckle are subjected to heavy impact loading. This last-mentioned feature is achieved in many seat belt buckles by the inclusion of a blocking member movably mounted in the buckle frame, which blocking member is moved over the pivoted locking member when that member is engaged with the latch plate, so as to prevent any risk of the pivoted locking member rising inadvertently to release the latch plate when the buckle is subjected to heavy impact loading. One example of such a seat belt buckle is disclosed in US-A-4 388 746. The present invention represents an improvement over these types of seat belt buckle.
- A seat belt buckle according to the present invention, adapted to releasably engage with a latch plate insertable within a latch passage in the seat belt buckle, comprises: a rigid frame having an open forward end defining said latch passage, an opposite rearward end adapted to be attached to a seat belt, an apertured rectangular base plate, an upstanding side wall extending from each longitudinal edge of said base plate, and a fixed bar extending across the width of said base plate between the forward and rearward ends thereof, parallel to, and spaced apart from, said base plate, said fixed bar being secured at each end thereof to a respective side wall; a locking member pivotally supported by said frame side walls so as to pivot about an axis substantially parallel to, and spaced apart from, said fixed bar of said frame, between a latched position, in which the locking member retains said latch plate within said latch passage in the buckle, and an unlatched position, in which the locking member is held clear of said latch passage; a shaped blocking member slidably mounted upon said pivoted locking member for longitudinal movement relative to said locking member between a first position, where the locking member is in said latched position and the blocking member is interposed between said fixed bar and said locking member to block any pivotal movement of the locking member towards said unlatched position, and a second position, where the locking member is in said unlatched position and the blocking member engages the fixed bar to retain the locking member in said unlatched position; a push button slidably mounted on said frame side walls above said latch passage, for longitudinal movement relative to the frame base plate so as to move said blocking member from said first position to said second position; and a spring means located between the blocking member and the locking member which biases the blocking member towards said first position; the fixed bar being provided with a substantially knife-edged portion which faces the rearward end of the buckle and extends across the width of the base plate; and the shaped blocking member being provided with a sloping face which makes essentially a line contact with the substantially knife-edged portion of the fixed bar throughout the pivotal movement of the locking member from said unlatched position to a position in which the spring means can snap the blocking member into said first position.
- Preferably, the sloping face of the shaped blocking member is a cambered surface which is inclined towards a substantially planar portion of the locking member upon which the shaped blocking member is slidably mounted, and an abutment on the push button engages the cambered surface of the shaped blocking member in order to move the shaped blocking member from said first position to said second position, said abutment being provided with a sloping contact surface which is complementary to the cambered surface of the shaped blocking member.
- In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the shaped blocking member is formed from a high strength, mouldable synthetic plastics material, such as a linear polyoxymethylene-type acetal resin produced from the polymerization of formaldehyde.
- Advantageously, the fixed bar is a steel bar having a trapezium-shaped cross-section comprising a first side, a second side opposed to, and parallel to the first side, and two remaining sides which are opposed and non-parallel to one another and converge from said first side towards said second side, said fixed bar having said first side facing downwards towards the base plate of the frame; and the substantially knife-edged portion is formed by the edge of the bar between said first side and the non-parallel side which faces the rearward end of the buckle.
- The invention and how it may be performed are hereinafter particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a seat belt buckle according to the present invention, showing the buckle in a latched condition with a latch plate;
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the seat belt buckle shown in Figure 1, showing the buckle in an unlatched position; and
- Figure 3 is a plan view, in two sections taken along the longitudinal axis shown as A-A′, of the seat belt buckle shown in Figure 1.
- Figure 1 shows a
seat belt buckle 10 according to the present invention which comprises arigid frame 12 having anopen forward end 11, an oppositerearward end 13 adapted to be attached to a seat belt (not shown), an aperturedrectangular base plate 14 andside plates 16, only one of which is shown in Figure 1, each one of which extends upwards from a respective longitudinal edge of thebase plate 14. Afixed bar 18 extends across the space between theside plates 16 parallel to, and spaced apart from, theapertured base plate 14. Thefixed bar 18 is a steel bar having a trapezium-shaped cross-section comprising afirst side 19, asecond side 21 opposed to, and parallel to thefirst side 19, and tworemaining sides first side 19 towards thesecond side 21. Thefixed bar 18 is located in trapezium-shaped apertures in theside plates 16 so that thefirst side 19 of the bar faces downwards towards thebase plate 14 of theframe 12, and thenon-parallel side 25 faces therearward end 13 of theframe 12. Thefirst side 19 of thefixed bar 18 meets thenon-parallel side 25 at an edge 27 which forms a substantially knife-edged portion extending across the width of thebase plate 14 and facing therearward end 13 of the frame. - A
push button 20 is slidably mounted between theside plates 16 for to and fro movement with respect to, and substantially parallel with, theapertured base plate 14, thepush button 20 being spaced apart from theapertured base plate 14 so as to define a rectangular slot-like passage 22 therebetween at the openforward end 11 of theframe 12, to allow access of an aperturedlatch plate 24 into thebuckle 10. - A
locking member 26 is pivoted between theside plates 16 on integral wing portions 28 (see Figure 3), each of which extends from a respective side of thelocking member 26 and is located in an open pivot recess 30 in arespective side plate 16, so that thelocking member 26 pivots about an axis extending across the space between theside plates 16 that is substantially parallel to both the axis of thefixed bar 18 and the plane of aperturedbase plate 14.Locking member 26 can pivot between a latched position, shown in Figure 1, in which an integraldependent lock bar 32 engages behind anintegral cross-bar 34 of the aperturedlatch plate 24, and an unlatched position, shown in Figure 2, in which abottom surface 36 of thelock bar 32 is raised above the rectangular slot-like passage 22 provided for the aperturedlatch plate 24. As can be seen from Figures 1 and 3, eachopen pivot recess 30 is formed as an aperture through therespective side plate 16 having an adjacent section of the side plate removed to allow the easy insertion of therespective wing portion 28 into therecess 30 during the assembly of thebuckle 10. -
Locking member 26 has twodependent legs 38, only one of which is shown in the drawings, which extend from adjacent the pivot axis of thelocking member 26 to close to theapertured base plate 14, whichlegs 38 move between the position shown in Figure 1, where they are upright with respect to aperturedbase plate 14, to a forward, inclined position shown in Figure 2, as thelocking member 26 pivots between the latched and unlatched positions. As can be seen in Figures 1 and 2, thelocking member 26 includes a downwardly-crankedportion 40 forward of eachwing portion 28, and acentral limb 42. The remaining portion oflocking member 26 takes the form of a substantially rectangularplanar portion 44 extending forwardly from the two downwardly-crankedportions 40 to overlie the rectangular slot-like passage 22, and carries thedependent lock bar 32. As can be seen in Figure 1, when thebuckle 10 is in the latched condition,planar portion 44 of thelocking member 26 is substantially parallel to aperturedbase plate 14. - A
shaped slider block 46 is slidably mounted upon theplanar portion 44 oflocking member 26 for sliding movement to and fro in a direction parallel to the direction of insertion of theapertured latch plate 24 into the rectangular slot-like aperture 22 in thebuckle 10. Theshaped slider block 46 includes a substantially flatupper surface 48, a camberedforward surface 50 and a centrally-placed, rearwardly-extendingspring housing 52. The camberedforward surface 50 is inclined towards theplanar portion 44 of thelocking member 26. Ahelical coil spring 54 has one end thereof located within the rearwardly-extendingspring housing 52 ofslider block 46 and the other end thereof located over the end of thecentral limb 42 oflocking member 26, and biases theslider block 46 towards the forward end ofplanar portion 44. The dimensions of theslider block 46 are such that, when the buckle is in the latched condition shown in Figure 1, theslider block 46 can slide under thefixed bar 18 with the flatupper surface 48 of theslider block 46 in contact with thefirst side 19 of thefixed bar 18, under the spring bias exerted bycoil spring 54. The forward movement ofslider block 46 beneath thefixed bar 18 is limited by theslider block 46 contactingabutments 56 formed onpush button 20. Shapedslider block 46 is moulded from a high strength synthetic plastics material, such as a linear polyoxymethylene-type acetal resin produced from the polymerization of formaldehyde. An example of such an acetal resin is the acetal resin sold under the trade name of Delrin. - Rearward movement of the
shaped slider block 46 on theplanar portion 44 is produced by transmitting pressure applied to thepush button 20 throughabutments 56 onpush button 20 which are in contact with the camberedforward surface 50 of theslider block 46 when the buckle is in the latched condition.Abutments 56 are positioned on thepush button 20 so as to pass under thefirst side 19 of thefixed bar 18 during the rearward movement of theshaped slider block 46 that is required to place the buckle into the unlatched condition shown in Figure 2. Eachabutment 56 has an inclined contact face 57 which is complementary to the camberedforward surface 50 of theslider block 46.Push button 20 includes two rearwardly-extendingarms 59, only one of which is shown in Figure 1, which traverse thesecond side 21 offixed bar 18 and terminate in outwardly-extending ears 61 (see Figure 3) which are slidably housed in respective rectangular apertures formed in theside plates 16 of theframe 12, and form the means whereby thepush button 20 is slidably mounted for to and fro movement on theframe 12. - The
buckle 10 also includes ashaped ejector 58 which is slidably mounted upon theapertured base plate 14 for to and fro movement within anaperture 60 in thebase plate 14, parallel to the direction of insertion of theapertured latch plate 20 into the rectangular slot-like aperture 22 in thebuckle 10. Shapedejector 58 is symmetrically shaped about the longitudinal axis of the apertured base plate, and comprises amain body portion 62 which slides upon an upper surface of aperturedbase plate 14, a dependingcentral portion 64 which is located withinaperture 60, and rampedupper wing portions 66, only one of which is shown in the drawings. Shapedejector 58 is biased towards the open end of the rectangular slot-like aperture 22 by means of a helicalcoil ejector spring 68 which is located between a rearward end of dependingcentral portion 64 and aspring abutment 70 formed on the aperturedbase plate 14. When the buckle is in the unlatched position shown in Figure 2, aforward end 72 of each of the rampedupper wing portions 66 contacts arespective abutment 74 in thepush button 20 to maintain the push button in an extended position and aforward edge 78 of themain body portion 62 is positioned adjacent aforward edge 80 ofaperture 60 in thebase plate 14. - Consider firstly the
buckle 10 in the unlatched condition shown in Figure 2. In this position, thelocking member 26 is retained in the raised, unlatched position by theshaped slider block 46, which is biased bycompressed coil spring 54 into a position in which the camberedforward surface 50 ofslider block 46 makes a line contact with the knife-like rear edge 27 of thefixed bar 18. - In order to place the
buckle 10 in the latched position, the aperturedlatch plate 24 is inserted into the rectangular slot-like passage 22 until thecross-bar 34 of thelatch plate 24 makes contact with theforward edge 78 of themain body portion 62 ofejector 58. Further insertion of thelatch plate 24 pushes theshaped ejector 58 rearwardly along theapertured base plate 14, compressing theejector spring 68, untilrear faces 84 of themain body portion 62 of theejector 58 make respective contacts with the lower, free ends of the dependinglegs 38 oflocking member 26. The continued rearward movement of theejector 58 caused by the further insertion of thelatch plate 24 now causes thelocking member 26 to pivot downwardly to insert thedependent lock bar 32 through the aperturedlatch plate 24 behind thecross-bar 34, and into theaperture 60 of thebase plate 14, to latch thelatch plate 24 securely in thebuckle 10 in the position shown in Figure 1. At the same time, theslider block 46 moves downwards with thelocking member 26, with the camberedforward surface 50 remaining in sliding contact with the knife-like rear edge 27 of thefixed bar 18, until theplanar portion 44 of thelocking member 26 is substantially parallel to thebase plate 14. At this point, the camberedforward surface 50 of theslider block 46 suddenly slides clear of the knife-like rear edge 27 of thefixed bar 18, and theslider block 46 is thrust rapidly forwards along theplanar portion 44 in a snap-like manner, under the bias ofcoil spring 54, to the position shown in Figure 1, where the flatupper surface 48 of theslider block 46 is in contact with thefirst side 19 offixed bar 18. - In the latched position of
buckle 10 shown in Figure 1, theapertured latch plate 24 is held securely in place within thebuckle 10 by reason of thedependent lock bar 32 of thelocking member 26 engaging behind thecross-bar 34 of thelatch plate 24. Thelocking member 26 is prevented from any pivotal movement upwards to release thelatch plate 24 by theslider block 46 interposed between the locking member and fixedbar 18, even when the latch plate is subjected to heavy load forces tending to withdraw it from the buckle. In this respect, the dimensions of thewing portions 28 of the locking member are such that these wing portions can carry loads of up to 700 Newtons without deflection. In the event that the latched buckle is subjected to forces where the loads exerted on thewing portions 28 exceed 700 Newtons, thewing portions 28 begin to deform progressively and elastically until aforward face 86 oflock bar 32 contacts theforward edge 80 ofaperture 60 in thebase plate 14. At this point thelock bar 32 is held in compression between thecross-bar 34 of thelatch plate 24 and theforward edge 80 ofaperture 60 of thebase plate 14, so preventing any further movement of any of the components of thebuckle 10 or of thelatch plate 24 under such excessive loads. - In the event that the
latched buckle 10 is subjected to such an excessive load that it locks up as described above, once that excessive load is removed, thewing portions 28 of thelocking member 26 recover elastically, so as to return thelock bar 32 to its original latched position in which theforward face 86 is spaced from theforward edge 80 ofaperture 60 by a predetermined clearance indicated between the opposed arrows in Figure 2. This predetermined clearance allows thelock bar 32 of thelocking member 26 to swing upwards clear of theapertured base plate 14 during the release of thelatch plate 24 from thebuckle 10. Of course, it will be realised that under lower load forces on the latched buckle, this predetermined clearance between thelock bar 32 and the aperturedbase plate 14 is always maintained, since these lower load forces are carried by the engagement of thewing portions 28 of thelocking member 26 with therespective side plates 16 of thebuckle frame 12. - The
latch plate 24 is released from thebuckle 10 by the depression of thepush button 20, which applies force to theslider block 46 through the contact of the inclined contact face 57 of theabutment 56 of thepush button 20 with the camberedforward surface 50 ofslider block 46. Because of the relative inclinations of camberedforward surface 50 and contact face 57, the force applied to theslider block 46 has an upward component directed towards thefixed bar 18 tending to lift both theslider block 46 andplanar portion 44 of thelocking member 26.Slider block 46 moves along theplanar portion 44 oflocking member 26, compressingcoil spring 54, until the flatupper surface 48 of theslider block 46 moves out of contact with thefixed bar 18. At this point, the camberedforward surface 50 of theslider block 46 resumes contact with the knife-like rear edge, and the compressive force exerted bycoil spring 54 on theslider block 46 develops an upward component also tending to lift both theslider block 46 and theplanar portion 44 of thelocking member 26, which,in turn, causes thelocking member 26 to rotate upwards to remove thelock bar 32 from engagement with thecross-bar 34 oflatch plate 24. Once this happens, thelatch plate 24 is ejected from thebuckle 10 by theejector 58 under the action of thecompressed ejector spring 68. The forward movement of theejector 58 produced by the action of thecompressed ejector spring 68 causes the forward ends 72 of the rampedupper wing portions 66 of theejector 58 to contact therespective abutments 74 in thepush button 20 to return thepush button 20 to the extended position thereof. Thus this forward movement of theejector 58 ensures the complete removal of thelock bar 32 from the vicinity of thelatch plate 24, thus avoiding any possibility of any partial dis-engagement of thelock bar 32 with thelatch plate 24. - Once the buckle is in the unlatched position shown in Figure 2, the latching
member 26 is positively retained in the upper, unlatched position shown in Figure 2 by the spring-biased contact of the cambered forward face 50 ofslider block 46 with the knife-like rear edge 27 of fixedbar 18 producing an upward bias on the latchingmember 26, and remains in this unlatched position until thelatch plate 24 is re-inserted into thebuckle 10. Consequently, this feature provides a very positive safeguard against the risks of any false latching of the buckle, since it is not possible to produce a partial engagement of thelatch plate 24 in thebuckle 10. Any attempt to latch the buckle which does not result in the camberedforward surface 50 of theslider block 46 being moved clear of the knife-like rear edge 27 of the fixedbar 18 will be defeated by the upward bias exerted by thecoil spring 54 on the latchingmember 26. It is only possible to latch the buckle when the camberedforward surface 50 of theslider block 46 is moved clear of the knife-like rear edge 27 of the fixedbar 18, and, when this occurs, rapid and positive latching of the buckle is produced under the snap-action effect produced by the sudden expansion ofcoil spring 54. - With reference to Figure 3 of the drawings, it should be noted that the forward ends 72 of the ramped
upper wing portions 66 of theejector 58 overlie portions of thelatch plate 24 when the latch plate is engaged in thebuckle 10. As can be seen in Figure 1, the forward ends 72 of the rampedupper wing portions 66 of theejector 58 are sandwiched between the upper surface of thelatch plate 24 and the under surface ofplanar portion 44 of latchingmember 26 to substantially prevent any tendency of the latch plate to rattle within the buckle when fully latched therein. - The seat belt buckle of the present invention provides an effective and secure closure member for a vehicle seat belt, in which it is possible to rapidly and easily latch an associated latch plate into position in the buckle, to retain that latch plate securely in place within the buckle even under circumstances where the buckle and latch plate are subjected to high levels of loading, and to readily and effectively disconnect that latch plate from engagement in the buckle with a relatively low level of force applied to a push button release mechanism of the buckle.
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GB8811140 | 1988-05-11 | ||
GB8811140A GB2218458B (en) | 1988-05-11 | 1988-05-11 | Seat belt buckle |
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EP0341840A1 true EP0341840A1 (en) | 1989-11-15 |
EP0341840B1 EP0341840B1 (en) | 1993-02-10 |
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JP (1) | JPH0669402B2 (en) |
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EP0680705A2 (en) * | 1994-05-06 | 1995-11-08 | TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH | Safety belt buckle |
EP0689779A1 (en) * | 1994-06-24 | 1996-01-03 | Adam Opel Ag | Safety belt buckle |
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EP0680705A2 (en) * | 1994-05-06 | 1995-11-08 | TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH | Safety belt buckle |
EP0680705A3 (en) * | 1994-05-06 | 1997-01-22 | Trw Repa Gmbh | Safety belt buckle. |
EP0689779A1 (en) * | 1994-06-24 | 1996-01-03 | Adam Opel Ag | Safety belt buckle |
EP0750862A1 (en) * | 1995-06-28 | 1997-01-02 | European Components Co. Limited | Seat belt buckle |
US5718020A (en) * | 1995-06-28 | 1998-02-17 | European Components Co. Limited | Seat belt buckle |
WO1999012441A1 (en) * | 1997-09-10 | 1999-03-18 | European Components Co. Limited | Seat belt buckle |
US6292988B1 (en) | 1997-09-10 | 2001-09-25 | European Components Co. Limited | Seat belt buckle |
EP1010378A2 (en) * | 1998-12-18 | 2000-06-21 | Breed Automotive Technology, Inc. | Seat belt buckle |
EP1010378A3 (en) * | 1998-12-18 | 2001-01-17 | Breed Automotive Technology, Inc. | Seat belt buckle |
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GB2218458B (en) | 1992-04-15 |
GB2218458A (en) | 1989-11-15 |
GB8811140D0 (en) | 1988-06-15 |
ES2037952T3 (en) | 1993-07-01 |
DE68904807T2 (en) | 1993-05-27 |
JPH0669402B2 (en) | 1994-09-07 |
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JPH0249605A (en) | 1990-02-20 |
EP0341840B1 (en) | 1993-02-10 |
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