Patent ID: 7084362
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An actuator for use in a buckle of a safety belt for indicating that a tongue of the belt has been inserted into the buckle and properly latched, comprising: first and second contact elements; and a housing and a slide; said contact elements each consisting of leaf spring material and including contact-effecting portions; a contact-effecting portion of said first contact element including two contact blades, said blades being adjacently disposed and separated by a predetermined space; said housing including non-movable walls, said walls defining a space in which both contact-effecting portions are contained, the said walls substantially preventing incursion of foreign matter into said space; said walls defining an open-ended channel disposed adjacent to said space and partitioned from said space by a portion of said walls; said second contact element including a portion projecting into said channel and said second contact element being actuated by moving a slide in said channel so that respective contact-effecting portions are brought into or out of contact with each other.