Abstract:
The lower track of a vehicle seat adjuster has a headed stud projecting laterally therefrom which is received in an upwardly opening slot on a floor mounted bracket when the vehicle seat and seat adjuster are lowered onto the bracket. A slide lock member slidably mounted on the bracket has a normal unlatched position permitting entry of the headed stud into the slot. The upper track of the seat adjuster has a drive tab thereon which is engageable with the slide lock member to move the slide lock member to latched position capturing the headed stud in the slot. Cam surfaces on the upper and lower edges of the slide lock member cause the slide lock member to be wedged between the shank of the headed stud and a hold down tab of the mounted bracket. The slide lock member is bent to provide an apex which engages the head of the stud causing the slide lock members to be wedged between the head of the stud and the mounting bracket.
Abstract:
An automatic locking seat belt retractor includes a restraint belt wound on a rotatable reel and biased in a belt retracting direction. The reel end plates are provided with peripheral teeth engageable by a biased pawl to block movement of the reel in a belt extending direction. A rotatable cam plate is frictionally driven by the reel between two limit positions and includes two spaced shoulders alternately engageable with the pawl to block engagement of the pawl with the reel teeth. A plastic housing secured to an end wall of the retractor frame receives an output pinion of the reel which drives an internally toothed plastic sensor through an intermediate planet pinion. The sensor and pinion are rotatably mounted between spaced walls of the housing. The sensor includes a peripheral shoulder which is engageable with the pawl in the fully retracted position of the belt and during a portion of initial extending movement of the belt to block engagement of the pawl with the reel teeth. One of the housing walls includes two circumferentially spaced groups of radially spaced arcuate contact strips coaxial with the sensor. One strip of each group is connected to a source of power and the other strips, when connected to the one strip, complete various seat belt condition responsive circuits. The sensor includes reversely bent electrically connected contact fingers which slide along the contact strips to complete the various circuits in accordance with the arc of movement of the sensor and the length of belt extended.