US 12,221,058 B1
Buckle apparatus for an occupant restraint system
Egoi Sanchez Basualdo, Gothenburg (SE); Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Gothenburg (SE); Xingyun Yang, Gothenburg (SE); and Ashok Chaitanya Koppisetty, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/393,882.
Int. Cl. B60R 22/32 (2006.01); B60R 22/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/321 (2013.01) [B60R 22/18 (2013.01); B60R 2022/1806 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A buckle apparatus for a seat of a vehicle, the buckle apparatus comprising:
a locking mechanism arranged within a casing and configured to operably engage with a latch coupled to a seat belt webbing of the vehicle such that, in a locked mode, the latch is secured within an insertion slot defined in the casing, and, in an unlocked mode, the latch is removable from the insertion slot of the casing; and
a retention mechanism arranged within the casing and operable with the latch such that, in a retention mode, the retention mechanism is configured to cause the latch to be retained within the insertion slot of the casing when a withdrawal force applied to the latch is less than a predetermined value.