Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ratcheting web tightening apparatus for a multi-point motor vehicle seat restraint system
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Application No.: US15349126Application Date: 2016-11-11
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Publication No.: US09884609B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Douglas W. Bittner , Jacob C. White
- Applicant: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Westfeld
- Assignee: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Westfeld
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: B60R22/00
- IPC: B60R22/00 ; B60R22/46 ; B60R22/34 ; B60R22/26 ; B60R22/02

Abstract:
A web tightening apparatus is disclosed for a multi-point restraint harness having a web extendable about an occupant of a motor vehicle seat. A base frame is mounted between the seat and a floor of a motor vehicle, a web turning guide is mounted to and within the base frame with the web extending into the base frame and through the web turning guide, a ratcheting device is mounted to the base frame and has a handle, and a ratcheting web is coupled at one end to the web extending from the web turning guide and coupled at an opposite end to the ratcheting device. The ratcheting device is responsive to ratcheting actuation of the handle to draw the ratcheting web therein, wherein movement of the ratcheting web into the ratcheting device draws the web further into the base frame and thereby tightens the web about the occupant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170129451A1 RATCHETING WEB TIGHTENING APPARATUS FOR A MULTI-POINT MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT RESTRAINT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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