Patent ID: 8458868

Claim:
A shock-absorbing seat belt buckle ( 1 ) comprising: a housing, a push-button ( 2 ) displaceably mounted in the housing, a linearly guided inertia mass ( 3 ), a transmission lever ( 4 ) pivotably mounted to the housing, the transmission lever being coupled to the inertia mass ( 3 ) by a first end of the lever ( 4 a ) and supporting the push-button ( 2 ) against the opening direction with a second end of the lever ( 4 b ), and a sound-absorbing elastic layer ( 11 ) arranged between the transmission lever ( 4 ) and the inertia mass ( 3 ) in the region of contact between the transmission lever ( 4 ) and the inertia mass ( 3 ), the sound-absorbing elastic layer ( 11 ) being formed by a rubber ring wrapped around the inertia mass ( 3 ).