公开(公告)号：US20210085036A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US16954302

申请日：2018-12-10

Applicant: Autoliv Development AB

Inventor： Arndt SOEHNCHEN ,  Iulian ROTARIU

IPC: A44B11/25 ,  B60Q3/242 ,  F21V8/00

Abstract: The present invention relates to an illuminated belt buckle (1) for a safety belt device of a motor vehicle. The illuminated belt buckle (1) comprises a housing (2), a push-button (3) displaceable in the housing (2), an insertion slot (4), bordered by an edge section (21) of the housing (2) and the push-button (3), for inserting a latch plate lockable in the belt buckle (1), at least one light source (10) and at least one light guide (11), wherein the light guide (11) is coupled to at least one light-emitting surface (12, 13) starting from a light entry surface (22). It is provided that a shielding element (14) is arranged on the light guide (11) and shields the light guide (11) at least from a housing part (7, 8, 9) of the housing (2) and/or a cavity (15) in the interior of the housing (2) in which the push-button (3) is arranged. The invention also relates to a method for producing such an illuminated belt buckle (1).

公开(公告)号：US20240025372A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18256860

申请日：2021-12-06

Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB

Inventor： Ashwin BALARAM ,  Abhijit SWAIN ,  Abhijeet ATWADKAR ,  Iulian ROTARIU ,  Timo NEHRENHEIM ,  Ole SCHARNBERG

IPC: B60R22/48 ,  B60R16/027

CPC classification number: B60R22/48 ,  B60R16/027 ,  B60R2022/4816

Abstract: The invention relates to a seatbelt device (1) for motor vehicles comprising a belt buckle (2) with an insertion slot (3), a belt tongue (4) which can be plugged into the insertion slot (3) of the belt buckle (2), can be locked therein, and has a belt tongue main body (5) and a belt tongue trim panel (6), and a seatbelt (7), wherein the seatbelt (7) runs through a hoop (8) of the belt tongue (4). The belt buckle (2) and the belt tongue (4) are configured to transmit electrical power and/or signals from the belt buckle (2) to the belt tongue (4).