Harness system with a buckle restraining function

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11712089-B2
Application number	US-202117535597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2021
Priority date	Jul 23, 2018
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

A harness system includes an upper buckle, an upper strap and a restraining assembly including an anti-sliding structure and a beam structure. A through slot is formed on the upper buckle. The upper strap passes through the through slot. The beam structure is slidably disposed on the upper buckle. The anti-sliding structure is disposed on at least one of the beam structure and a wall of the through slot. The upper strap is engaged by the anti-sliding structure for restraining a sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap and toward a shoulder portion when the upper strap is forced to drive the beam structure to slide relative to the upper buckle and toward the wall of the through slot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A harness system with a buckle restraining function, the harness system comprising:
an upper buckle;
an upper strap slidably passing through the upper buckle, and the upper strap comprising a shoulder portion and a waist portion divided by the upper buckle; and
a restraining assembly configured to restrain a sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap and toward the shoulder portion when the waist portion of the upper strap is forced by a passenger's body during a collision or an emergency brake of a vehicle;
wherein a through slot is formed on the upper buckle, the restraining assembly comprises an anti-sliding structure and a beam structure slidably disposed on the upper buckle, the beam structure is slidably disposed on the upper buckle, the through slot comprises a first portion and a second portion divided by the beam structure, the first portion is adjacent to the shoulder portion, the second portion is adjacent to the waist portion, the upper strap passes through the first portion of the through slot from bottom to top and passes through the second portion of the through slot from top to bottom, the anti-sliding structure is disposed on at least one of a wall of the beam structure and a wall of the first portion of the through slot facing toward each other and configured to engage with the upper strap, and the upper strap is engaged by the anti-sliding structure for restraining the sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap and toward the shoulder portion when the upper strap is forced to drive the beam structure to slide relative to the upper buckle toward the wall of the through slot.

2. The harness system of claim 1 , wherein the restraining assembly further comprises a stopping component detachably disposed on the shoulder portion and configured to abut against the upper buckle for restraining the sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap.

3. The harness system of claim 1 , wherein the upper strap drives the beam structure to slide relative to the upper buckle and toward the wall of the first portion of the through slot facing toward the wall of the beam structure when the upper strap is forced by the passenger's body during the collision or the emergency brake of the vehicle, and the upper strap is engaged by the anti-sliding structure for restraining the sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap and toward the shoulder portion when the upper strap is forced to drive the beam structure to slide relative to the upper buckle and toward the wall of the first portion of the through slot.

4. The harness system of claim 3 , wherein the restraining assembly further comprises a stopping component detachably disposed on the shoulder portion and configured to abut against the upper buckle for restraining the sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap.

5. The harness system of claim 3 , wherein the anti-sliding structure is disposed on the wall of the first portion of the through slot facing toward the wall of the beam structure and configured to engage with the upper strap.

6. The harness system of claim 5 , wherein the restraining assembly further comprises a stopping component detachably disposed on the shoulder portion and configured to abut against the upper buckle for restraining the sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap.

7. The harness system of claim 1 , wherein the anti-sliding structure is disposed on the wall of the first portion of the through slot facing toward the wall of the beam structure and configured to engage with the upper strap.

8. The harness system of claim 7 , wherein the restraining assembly further comprises a stopping component detachably disposed on the shoulder portion and configured to abut against the upper buckle for restraining the sliding movement of the upper buckle relative to the upper strap.

Assignees

• Wonderland Switzerland Ag

Inventors

• Lee Yen-Lin
• Cheng Kai-Wen
• Wang Chih-Wei

Classifications

• A44B11/2553 Primary

  Attachment of buckle to strap · CPC title

• B60R22/12

  Construction of belts or harnesses (B60R21/18 takes precedence {; woven fabrics for safety belts D03D1/0005}) · CPC title

• A44B11/2549

  Fastening of other buckle elements to the main buckle (buckles with several tongues released by the same mechanism A44B11/2507 - A44B11/2542) · CPC title

• A44B11/2557

  with strap length adjustment · CPC title

• A44B11/2561

  Tongue elements · CPC title