Patent ID: 7182370
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A height adjuster ( 100 , 200 , 400 ) for a seat belt system comprising: a mounting bar ( a carrier ( a spring loaded, locking lever ( the locking lever including an activation arm with a lock opening extending through the activation arm, the lock opening configured to receive the mounting bar, the locking lever including a first lock edge formed on a corner of the locking lever at the lock opening, the lock edge engagable with the mounting bar when the locking lever is in the locked position; the locking lever being biased to the locked position by a bias spring, and when the locking lever is in the free position the first lock edge is disengaged from the mounting bar; and a friction coupling operatively linked to the carrier, the bar, and to the locking lever, configured to move the locking lever to its free position, to substantially decouple the locking lever from the bar, when the carrier is moved upward relative to the bar without need of manual intervention to move the locking lever to its free position.