Patent ID: 6820903
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A belt placer for positioning the belt portion of a vehicle safety belt system of the type having a belt, a closure tongue arranged on the belt, and a buckle component for releasably buckling the belt portion via insertion of the closure tongue into the buckle component, the belt placer comprising:a drive apparatus; and an engagement component that is drivably movable by the drive apparatus into engagement with a respective one of the belt and the closure tongue arranged on the belt, the engagement component operating, by movement of the respective engaged one of the belt and the closure tongue, to position the belt in a ready position relative to the vehicle occupant in which the belt is positioned for buckling, and the engagement component being returned into its resting position in connection with buckling or unbuckling of the belt, the drive apparatus including a feed roller and a flexible push- and pull-means in the form of a bending-resistant band which is brought from a flat disposition in which it is wound around the feed roller into an arched or cambered position around its longitudinal axis as it is unwound from the feed roller.