Abstract:
A reel type retractor for a safety belt having the feature that an electromagnet, normally activated, and holding a cam member by virtue of an armature attached thereto, maintains a pawl out of latching engagement with the reel, thereby permitting free extension of the belt. Any interruption of the current to the electromagnet permits the reel to rotate the cam, releasing a cam follower attached to the pawl bar, and allowing the biased pawl bar to rotate into locking engagement with the reel. Current interruption can be effected by the opening of a pressure switch responsive to the hydraulic pressure in a vehicle''s braking system, by the opening of an inertial switch responsive to a change in velocity of the vehicle to which the switch is attached or by both types of switches working in series.
Abstract:
A CAP ASSEMBLY PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE OUTLET OF A GAS STORAGE BOTTLE. THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH TOTALLY ENCLOSES THE OUTLET OF THE BOTTLE, IS PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF EQUIDISTANTLY SPACED APERTURES. IN THE EVENT THAT THE CLOSED OUTLET IS INADVERTENTLY OPENED, GAS IS RELEASED THROUGH THE APERTURES WITHOUT ANY TRUST DEVELOPMENT. THE CAP ASSEMBLY OF THE INSTANT INVENTION IS PARTICULARLY DESIGNED FOR USE WITH A GAS GENERATOR OF THE TYPE USED IN INFLATABLE GAS BAG ASSEMBLIES
Abstract:
A vehicle seat belt buckle adapted for use in a warning system comprising in combination a buckle with slot for receiving a tongue in locking engagement, which tongue upon insertion into the buckle depresses a plunger switch either from a closed circuit position to an open circuit position or from an open circuit position to a closed circuit position, as desired. The plane surface of the tongue maintains the plunger switch in the depressed position until said tongue is unlatched and withdrawn from the buckle.