Patent ID: 6286869
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: B60R,B62J,Y10T

Abstract:
Seat belt system for a motor vehicle for fixing a person on a vehicle seat, having two mutually independent seat belt straps which each of said straps can be fastened by one respective belt buckle tongue on one respective vehicle-fixed belt buckle, in which case, by operating one respective unlatching device on the pertaining belt buckle, the respective belt buckle tongue can be released from the respective belt buckle, and at least one additional operating device, which interacts with the unlatching devices of both belt buckles, is provided at an easily accessible point on the motor vehicle for releasing both belt buckle tongues from the respective pertaining belt buckle, the unlatching devices of said both belt buckles being connected by way of at least one cable with the additional operating device,wherein the additional operating device comprises a device for at least one of length and force compensation operable to trigger movement of the cable such that when the additional operating device is operated, said both belt buckles are unlatched, irrespective of whether releasing travels or releasing forces of different amounts must be applied for each of the unlatching devices.