US 12,139,096 B2
Rotary lap belt shackle assembly
Sreekanth Rao, Bangalore (IN); Pradeep Acharya, Bangalore (IN); Mark B. Dowty, Rural Hall, NC (US); and Maxime Dempah, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/199,179.
Claims priority of application No. 202241044597 (IN), filed on Aug. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0042960 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B60R 22/12 (2006.01); B60R 22/30 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/30 (2013.01) [B60R 22/12 (2013.01); B64D 11/062 (2014.12)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lap belt shackle assembly, comprising:
a seat component defining a guideway;
a shackle pivotally attached at one end to the seat component and attachable at an opposing end to a lap belt component;
a deformable link attached at one end to the shackle and at an opposing end to the seat component;
a guide attached to at least one of the deformable link and the shackle, the guide configured to travel along the guideway; and
an energy attenuator positioned in the guideway;
wherein at least one of the deformation link and the energy attenuator is configured to undergo plastic deformation as the guide travels along the guideway.