EP0447762A1 - Boucle de ceinture de sécurité pourvue d'un dispositif de tension - Google Patents

Boucle de ceinture de sécurité pourvue d'un dispositif de tension Download PDF

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EP0447762A1
EP0447762A1 EP91101123A EP91101123A EP0447762A1 EP 0447762 A1 EP0447762 A1 EP 0447762A1 EP 91101123 A EP91101123 A EP 91101123A EP 91101123 A EP91101123 A EP 91101123A EP 0447762 A1 EP0447762 A1 EP 0447762A1
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belt buckle
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Artur Föhl
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TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH
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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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45602—Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity
    • Y10T24/45623—Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity and operator therefor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225—Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45602—Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity
    • Y10T24/45623—Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity and operator therefor
    • Y10T24/4566—Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity and operator therefor including slidably connected and guided element on receiving member
    • Y10T24/45665—Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity and operator therefor including slidably connected and guided element on receiving member for shifting pivotally connected interlocking component

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  • the invention relates to a belt buckle for a seat belt system, which is provided with a back tensioning device, which is effective between the belt buckle and an anchoring point on the vehicle body or on a vehicle seat.
  • Belt buckles for seat belt systems are known in numerous designs.
  • a design has proven itself in which a guideway for the tongue is formed in the housing of the belt buckle and a latch which is displaceably guided or pivotably mounted on the housing transversely to the guideway interacts with a latching opening of the tongue.
  • a locking member which is displaceably guided in the housing parallel to the guideway holds the bolt in its locking position, as long as a trigger button which is likewise displaceably guided in the housing parallel to the guideway is in their rest position.
  • the trigger button is coupled to the locking member to move this when actuated into a release position in which the bolt is released from the latching opening of the tongue.
  • the invention has for its object to develop a belt buckle of the type specified in that it can be used without problems in seat belt systems which are equipped with back tensioning devices which produce relatively high back tightening accelerations, and that its design, size and construction correspond to buckle constructions which are not specifically intended for this purpose.
  • the release button can be locked by means of a pawl on the housing against movement in the actuating direction, that the pawl is pretensioned by pretensioning means in a position in which it does not hinder the actuation stroke of the release button that the pawl is pivotally mounted on the housing or on the release button and that the center of gravity of the pawl is offset by such a value perpendicular to the direction of displacement around the buckle during the backward movement against the pivot axis of the pawl that the pawl under the action of a predetermined threshold value Exceeding delay of the buckle in its direction of displacement is overcome by overcoming the biasing means in its engagement position, in which it locks the trigger button on the housing.
  • the pawl In normal use, the pawl is held in its rest position by the pretensioning means, so that the release button can be operated without hindrance.
  • the belt buckle is displaced towards its anchoring point with high acceleration.
  • the back tightening movement is terminated abruptly, so that high delays occur at the buckle and the functional parts contained therein.
  • the release button now strives to perform a release stroke under the effect of its inertia. In doing so, it first carries out an idle stroke, which is provided in all common lock designs, in order to prevent the belt buckle from being opened unintentionally.
  • the pawl Before the release button has reached the end of its idle stroke, the pawl is under the effect of the same delay Engagement position has been pivoted so that it prevents the trigger button from moving further in the actuating direction thereof. It has been shown that such a pawl can be assigned to existing buckle constructions without changing the design, size and construction. It is therefore easily possible to retrofit them into existing constructions in order to make proven buckle designs suitable for use in restraint systems with a tightening device.
  • the back tensioning device shown in FIG. 1 consists of a pyrotechnic piston / cylinder back tensioning drive 10, the cylinder of which is anchored to the vehicle body, a longitudinal guide for the belt buckle 12 in the form of an elongated anchoring plate 16 provided with an elongated hole 14, a traction cable 18 which holds the piston 20 connects to the fastening fitting 22 of the belt buckle, and a deflection roller 24, over which the pull rope 18 is guided and which is mounted on a fastening bolt 26, by means of which the anchoring plate 16 is fastened to the vehicle body.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the back tensioning device in the non-activated state.
  • an end face of the Koblen 20 can be acted upon by compressed gases that are generated by a pyrotechnic gas generator 28.
  • the piston 20 under the action of the compressed gases, the piston 20 is driven with extremely high acceleration and pulls the buckle 12 downward via the pull rope 18 and the fastening fitting 22.
  • the movement of the buckle 12 is suddenly braked.
  • a backstop integrated in the piston 20 prevents the belt buckle 12 from being able to be displaced in the direction of its starting position after the back tightening has been carried out.
  • the anchoring fitting 22 is connected to the load-bearing part of the lock housing 32 by a rivet connection.
  • This housing 32 is surrounded by a cover in the form of a plastic shell 34.
  • the lock housing 32 is provided with a U-shaped, raised bearing bracket in plan view, between the two parallel legs 36, 38 of which a pivot bolt 40 is mounted by means of a bearing bolt 42.
  • the trigger button 30 has two parallel arms 30A, 30B which extend into the lock interior and which are provided at their free end with a guide slot through which the outer ends of the bearing bolt 42 pass. The trigger button 30 is slidably guided on the outer sides of the legs 36, 38.
  • the lock housing 32 is provided with a guide track 44 for a tongue 46 which has a latching opening 48.
  • a control cam 50 of the pivot bolt 40 projects into the guide track 44.
  • the pivot bolt 40 is also provided with a detent 52 in the region of its free end.
  • a locking member 54 in the form of a steel plate is attached above a shoulder 56 at the free end of the pivot bolt 40.
  • a compression spring 58 is supported with one end on the locking member 54 and the other end on a lever arm 60 of the pivot bolt 40, which is opposite the control cam 50.
  • the shoulder 56 of the swivel bolt 40 engages behind the front edge of the locking member 54, so that the detent 52 is pivoted out of the guideway 44 by the compression spring 58.
  • the trigger button 30 is shown in its actuated position.
  • a pawl 70 is pivotally mounted on the release button 30 on a bearing pin 72, the axis of which is oriented perpendicular to the guide track 44.
  • the pawl 70 is designed as a one-armed lever, at one end of the pawl is mounted and the other, free end of the pawl tip 74.
  • This pawl tip 74 cooperates with a locking edge 76 at a rectangular opening 78 in the leg 38.
  • the pawl 70 is biased by a spring 80 bent from spring wire in its rest position out of engagement with the locking edge 76. Since the pawl 70 is designed as a narrow, elongated lever which extends parallel to and in the immediate vicinity of the leg 38, it can easily be accommodated within the plastic shell 34 without changing its shape, in particular without increasing its dimensions.
  • Fig. 9 shows the orientation of the buckle and the pawl in normal use: the longitudinal axis of the buckle, which corresponds to its direction of displacement in the back tightening case, is inclined at an angle of, for example, about 35 ° to the vertical. Due to this arrangement, the pawl 70 is subjected to a gravity component, by means of which it is biased into its normal rest position. This bias in the rest position is further supported by the spring 80 (not shown in FIG. 9 for simplification). However, designs are also possible in which the pretensioning of the pawl 70 in its rest position is achieved either solely by gravity or solely by spring pretensioning.
  • a pawl 70 acts Gravity component G, which acts with the lever arm X at the center of gravity S of the pawl.
  • the center of gravity S is offset by a dimension y relative to the pivot axis A of the pawl 70, perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the buckle in the case of back tension.
  • the inertia forces acting on the center of gravity S become effective in the event of an abrupt deceleration of the pawl 70 with the lever arm y in order to pivot the pawl 70 into its engagement position on the locking edge 76 of the opening 78.
  • the engagement movement of the pawl 70 only comes about after the pretensioning force holding it in its rest position has been overcome.
  • the following relationship applies: x ⁇ G ⁇ m ⁇ a ⁇ y where m is the mass of the pawl 70 relative to the center of gravity S and a is a predetermined threshold value of the deceleration, beyond which the pawl 70 is pivoted into its engagement position.
  • the pawl tip 74 is in its rest position at a distance d from the locking edge 76.
  • This distance d is dimensioned sufficiently large so that the pawl 70 has safely entered the opening 78 before the height of the Locking edge 76 reached.
  • this distance d is significantly smaller than the idle stroke L, also shown in FIG. 9, of the release button 30, which ensures that the release button 30 is locked before the end of the idle stroke L is reached.
  • the predetermined threshold for the delay a, ab which the prestressing force is overcome is chosen to be relatively small.
  • a value of approximately -5 g is a suitable value, on the one hand to counteract only slightly the forces causing the control of the pawl 70, but on the other hand to ensure that the pawl remains safely in its rest position in the normal operating state.
  • the strength of the spring 80 can be calculated according to the same criteria if it is to produce the preload alone or in cooperation with gravity.
  • the pawl 70 is pivotally mounted on the housing. With its pawl tip 74, it can be moved into the movement path of a rib 30a of the release button 30. Due to the gravity component acting on its center of gravity S with the lever arm X, the pawl 70 is held in its normal rest position, in which it does not hinder the release stroke of the key 30. In the back tension case, at the end of the back tension stroke, due to the high delays then occurring at the center of gravity S, an inertial force acts with the lever arm y, which causes the pawl 70 to pivot counterclockwise into the engaged position thereof. The same considerations apply to the dimensioning of the distance d and the dimensions y and X as for the embodiment according to FIG. 9.

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DE4009272A DE4009272A1 (de) 1990-03-22 1990-03-22 Gurtschloss fuer ein sicherheitsgurtsystem, das mit einer rueckstrammeinrichtung versehen ist
DE4009272 1990-03-22

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