Patent ID: 6305713
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
Apparatus for restraining an occupant in an automotive vehicle seat, said apparatus comprising:a seat having a cushion mountable on a vehicle underbody and a seat back connected with the cushion, the seat including a ramp sloping upward toward a forward edge of the cushion;a pair of flexible lap belts connected at laterally opposite sides of the seat and having inner ends transversely connectable to one another across pelvic regions of the occupant, the lap belts connected with at least one dynamic pretensioner;a pair of flexible shoulder belts connected to a support through at least one load limiting retractor and adapted, when in use, to extend in parallel relation forward of the seat back, passing closely adjacent the neck portion and across the clavicle of the occupant from points not below the level of the clavicle, and to extend, essentially parallel, downward across front edge portions of the occupant's rib cage to laterally spaced attachment with said lap belts; andadjustable guides on the seat back for guiding the shoulder belts to limit downward force on the clavicle prior to an occurrence of rapid vehicle deceleration.