Seat belt locking buckle and seat belt apparatus including seat belt locking buckle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8746743
SERIAL NO

13711378

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A seat belt locking buckle configured to allow a seat belt locking tongue to be stably and firmly latched and reduce the thickness of a seat belt locking buckle. When a tongue latch member is inserted into a seat belt locking buckle, an ejector is moved. Thus, a buckle latch member 13 becomes rotatable. Consequently, a slider moves along a plane that is parallel or substantially parallel to a plane of the motion of the tongue latch member and pushes a first latch guide portion of the buckle latch member. Thus, the buckle latch member is rotated from a non-latch position to a latch position. In this manner, the tongue latch member is latched by the buckle latch member.

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  • TAKATA CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kawai, Yoshihiko Tokyo, JP 40 212
Uehara, Den Tokyo, JP 2 5

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