Patent ID: 6244663
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle seat having a seat belt system for restraining passengers mounted on the seat, the vehicle seat and seat belt system comprising:a seat having a seat rest on which the passenger sits and an inclinable seat back that changes its attitude with respect to the vertical;a remote actuator mounted off the seat back and having a vehicle-sensitive inertia operator therein responsive to vehicle accelerations/decelerations;a seat belt retractor mounted on the seat back and inclinable at various attitudes to the vertical with the seat back;a blocking mechanism on the retractor movable from a release position allowing the seat belt to protract from the reel and a blocking position preventing seat belt protraction; anda mechanical connector extending from the remote actuator and operated by the vehicle-sensitive inertia operator to mechanically actuate the retractor to its blocking position to block further belt protraction.