Title: Impact absorbing device for protecting vehicle's occupant from impact caused by collision

Abstract: In an impact absorbing device for protecting an occupant of a vehicle in the event of a collision, a seat belt for the occupant has an anchor for fixedly mounting on the occupant's seat and adapted to hold the occupant at an optimum angle and in an optimum position. An energy absorbing mechanism is connected between the seat and the floor of the vehicle or a fixture on the floor of the vehicle. The energy absorbing mechanism is constructed to permit a resisted linear movement of the seat, longitudinally of the vehicle, in the event of a collision, so as to absorb the impact forces which would otherwise be applied to the occupant.

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Inventors: Yoshio, Komaki (Hadano, JP)
Shigehisa, Fukuda (Uenomuro, JP)
Tsuguhiro, Fukuda (Uenomuro, JP)
Noriaki, Nakao (Mito, JP)
Katsuhide, Suzuki (Yatabe, JP)
Matsuo, Ishizuka (Yatabe, JP)

Application Number: 814615
Filing Date: 1977-07-11
Publication_date: 1980-11-11
Assignee: Japan Automobile Research Institute, Inc. (JP)
Primary Class(es): 296/68.1 296/35.2
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US Patent Ref:

2900036	Aug, 1959	Blake	296/35.
3695629	Oct, 1972	Schlanger	296/65.
3922030	Jan, 1975	Stedman	296/65.
3927730	Dec, 1975	Winslow	296/35.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Love, John J.
Assistant Examiner: Carroll, John A.
Attorney: Drucker; William A.