Seat belt assemblies for mitigating spinal tension during free-flail

    公开(公告)号:US12060034B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US18105656

    申请日:2023-02-03

    IPC分类号: B60R22/30 B60R22/46 B60R22/48

    摘要: Disclosed are embodiments of passenger seats equipped with seat belts for mitigating seat damage and spinal tension from free-flail movements. In embodiments, the assembly includes a seat back, a first slip ring positioned proximate a top of the seat back, a second slip ring positioned lower on the seat back, a retractor, and a webbing threaded through each of the first and second slip rings. During normal use of the seat the first slip ring forms a first pivot for the webbing, and during a qualifying deceleration event the second slip ring forms a new pivot for the webbing lower on the seat back. In a further embodiment, first and second webbings form primary and auxiliary restraints guided by respective first and second pivots.

    SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES FOR MITIGATING SPINAL TENSION DURING FREE-FLAIL

    公开(公告)号:US20240262313A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18105656

    申请日:2023-02-03

    IPC分类号: B60R22/30 B60R22/46

    摘要: Disclosed are embodiments of passenger seats equipped with seat belts for mitigating seat damage and spinal tension from free-flail movements. In embodiments, the assembly includes a seat back, a first slip ring positioned proximate a top of the seat back, a second slip ring positioned lower on the seat back, a retractor, and a webbing threaded through each of the first and second slip rings. During normal use of the seat the first slip ring forms a first pivot for the webbing, and during a qualifying deceleration event the second slip ring forms a new pivot for the webbing lower on the seat back. In a further embodiment, first and second webbings form primary and auxiliary restraints guided by respective first and second pivots.

    Seatbelt system including occupant detector

    公开(公告)号:US09878689B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-30

    申请号:US15638764

    申请日:2017-06-30

    申请人: Zoox, Inc.

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/00 B60R22/48 B60R21/015

    摘要: A seatbelt system may include a seatbelt configured to constrain a waist and a torso of an occupant. The seatbelt may also include a coupling configured to selectively couple a portion of a vehicle and the seatbelt to one another. The system may also include a reel configured to receive at least a portion of the seatbelt, and a tension sensor associated with the coupling and/or the seatbelt and configured to generate a signal indicative of tension in the seatbelt. The system may also include a deployment sensor associated with the seatbelt and configured to generate a signal indicative of a length of the seatbelt deployed from the reel. The system may also include an occupant detector configured to determine, based at least in part on the signals indicative of tension and the length, whether an occupant is properly wearing the seatbelt, such that the seatbelt constrains the occupant.

    SEAT SAFETY APPARATUS WITH A RESILIENT SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20170088096A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US14864652

    申请日:2015-09-24

    IPC分类号: B60R22/48 B60R22/12

    摘要: A seat safety apparatus, comprising a lap harness including a lap harness belt segment and at least one lap harness sensor connected with the lap harness belt segment; the lap harness sensor formed of an electrically conductive material having an electrical resistance variable as a function of strain of the lap harness sensor wherein, in response to a change in strain of the electrically conductive material of the lap harness sensor, the electrical resistance of the electrically conductive material of the lap harness sensor changes; wherein the electrically conductive material of the lap harness sensor provides an electrical resistance in an electrical circuit of the seat safety apparatus; and wherein, in response to electrical power provided to the electrical circuit, the lap harness sensor provides a lap harness sensor output which changes as the electrical resistance of the electrically conductive material of the lap harness sensor changes.