Patent ID: 8375530

Claim:
A seat belt system for a vehicle comprising: a seat belt connected to a tongue; a buckle configured to releasably latch to the tongue; wherein the buckle includes a blocking mechanism for preventing the tongue from being unlatched from the buckle, wherein the blocking mechanism includes a lock pin and a slider, and wherein the slider is movable between a locked position under the lock pin and an unlocked position not under the lock pin; wherein when the slider is in the locked position the slider prevents movement of the lock pin and when the slider is in the unlocked position the lock pin may move to allow the tongue to be released from the buckle; wherein the buckle includes a manual release button, configured to be depressed to release the tongue from the buckle; a cable connected to the slider, wherein the cable is configured to be pulled to move the slider from the locked to the unlocked position; and a remotely actuated buckle release mechanism configured to control pulling the cable to release the tongue from the buckle.