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    • 专利摘要:
    The object to provide a child safety seat for a vehicle with a harness that can be tightened and clamped at a predetermined tension is solved by the child safety seat for a vehicle according to the 5 invention with a harness for restraining a passenger in said seat, whereas said harness is to be tightened and clamped at a predetermined tension when in use and at least one adjuster strap of said harness is guided through a spring loaded element enabled to maintain the predetermined tension in the at least one adjuster strap of said harness and whereas that adjuster strap runs then through a clamping device to avoid slip. r. -/ - 2-O
    公开号:AU2013200996A1
    申请号:U2013200996
    申请日:2013-02-21
    公开日:2013-09-12
    发明作者:Gavin Paul Leese
    申请人:Britax Roemer Kindersicherheit GmbH；
    IPC主号:B60R22-10
    专利说明:
    1 COMPENSATOR The invention is directed to a child safety seat for vehicle with a harness for restraining a passen ger in a seat, whereas the harness is to be tightened and clamped at a predetermined tension when 5 in use. It is known from the art to use child safety seats for a vehicle with a harness for restraining a pas senger. The harness is to be tightened and clamped at a predetermined tension whereby the level of tension is determined by means of indicators, e.g. such as tension indicators as described in EP 10 1896302. A child safety seat for a vehicle can only guarantee a maximum of safety if the person restrained in the seat is tightened by a harness under very specific conditions. Besides the location of the har ness on the child's body the tension of the harness is of paramount importance. While it is obvious 15 that a harness which is loose can not maintain its function to restrain a passenger, a harness that is tightened too much will be very uncomfortable for the passenger and hence not suitable for a long er journey. It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a child safety seat for a vehicle with a harness 20 that can be tightened and clamped at a predetermined tension. This object is solved by the child safety seat of the invention according to claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are characterized in the claims 2 to 9. 25 A child safety seat for a vehicle according to the invention with a harness for restraining a passen ger in said seat, whereas said harness is to be tightened and clamped at a predetermined tension when in use is characterized in that at least one adjuster strap of said harness is guided through a spring loaded element enabled to maintain the predetermined tension in the at least one adjuster strap of said harness and whereas that adjuster strap runs then through a clamping device to avoid 30 slip. Advantageously the spring loaded element is a spool which comprises at least two pins around which the at least one adjuster strap is routed when tightening the harness. The spring loaded ele ment can also be realized by longitudinal springs or coils, cam, pin or lever mechanism. 35 2 Advantageously the pins are eccentrically located within the spool. Advantageously the spring loaded spool is operatively connected to a ratchet and pawl. 5 Preferably the adjuster strap runs through a spool at one end and out of the other end of the spool, whereby the adjuster strap is clamped upon the seat by clamping means. Preferably the ratchet and pawl are unlocked when opening the clamping means or pulling the adjuster strap to give the at least one adjuster strap free. 10 Preferably the ratchet and pawl are unlocked by pulling on the adjuster strap by means of the ratchet and pawl assembly moving away from the pawl in the direction the adjuster strap is pulled. Advantageously the spool/compensator is located within the base of the seat. 15 Preferably optical and/or audible indicators or alerts are provided to indicate the status of the spool and conversely the harness tension. Preferably a status protocol of the spool is sent via a radio frequency interface to a mobile device 20 or a board computer interface within the vehicle. The child safety seat according to the invention incorporating the pretension compensator enables the user to place the passenger in the seat and has the harness being fastened without any tension being applied to the harness. 25 This means that the passenger is able to put the harness buckle, e.g. a two tongue buckle, together and lock the harness. Once the harness is locked, the tightening process will be started by pulling the adjuster strap which is preferably located at the front end of the base of the child safety seat. 30 Since the adjuster strap is routed through the compensator which has a pre-tensioning function, the risk that the harness is not tightened enough or is tightened too much can be completely eliminat ed. The compensator according to the invention will be activated when the adjuster strap will be 35 pulled. By pulling the adjuster strap, the spool will be rotated which will load the spring within the 3 spool. The rotation of the spool causes the ratchet and pawl to be activated as well. By means of a stopper element, the ratchet will be stopped and further rotation of the spool is not possible. The energy stored in the loaded spool will make the spool rotate when the pretension level in the ad juster strap will be lowered. The tension in the adjuster strap will be lowered, if e.g. the child 5 moves backwards and the harness becomes loose. The concept of the compensator is based on the balance of the spring force which determines the pretension and the tension in the adjuster strap. If the tension of the strap is lower than the spring force, the spool will rotate as much as possible to bring the tension of the strap in balance to the 10 spring force. Due to the stopper element, the tension in the adjuster strap may not exceed the spring force. To indicate that the predetermined tension is reached, the child safety seat according to the inven tion comprises optical and/or audible indicators or alerts to indicate the status of the spool and 15 conversely the harness tension. Such an indicator may be located at the front end of the seat and change from red to green when the predetermined tension is reached. The status of the spool may also be transmitted to a device via Bluetooth® technology which may be located in the front of the car, such as a handheld device or a bord computer or a dashboard 20 information units to inform the driver of the vehicle about the status of the spool. A typical scenario is that a child will be placed in the child safety seat and the harness will be fas tened and tightened to reach the predetermined tension level. During the journey, the child will relax and find a comfortable position in the seat. Since the harness was fastened with a specific 25 level of tension, the harness would become loose and the purpose of the harness will be partly diminished. With the inventive compensator, the harness would be re-tightened by the loaded spring in the base of the seat. If for instance the harness will be loosened by movement of the ad juster strap by 1 cm, the compensator will rotate as much as necessary to adjust for 1 cm of the strap. 30 The automatic adjustment will take place as often as necessary but the amount is limited to the number of teeth on the ratchet. In order to be able to make fine adjustments, the number of teeth on the ratchet may be high and 35 the distance of the teeth to each other may be small. It is also possible to change the distance of the 4 teeth along the ratchet since it may be advantageous to have a normal or course adjustment at the beginning of the tensioning process and a fine adjustment at the end of the tensioning process. In order to loosen the harness, the commonly known technique to push the release button will also 5 deactivate the spool and give the adjuster strap free. One preferred embodiment of the invention will be explained in more detailed by means of follow ing figures: 10 Figure 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the compensator according to the invention within a base of a child safety seat; Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the compensator according to the inventions with detailed views; Figure 3 shows a frontal view of one side of the compensator according to the invention. 15 Figure 1 shows how the adjuster strap 1 runs through a child safety seat 10. The left end of the adjuster strap 1 runs into the harness or is part of the harness (not shown). The harness (not shown) will be fastened through the fixation means 4 which might have a buckle (not shown). The tension between the harness being fixed at one end at the fixing means 4 and at the other end at the adjust 20 er strap should be of a predetermined value to deploy the best performance of the harness. The right end of the adjuster strap 1 will leave the seat and may have a loop to which the user may hold on when pulling the adjuster strap 1. When pulling the adjuster strap 1, the guiding pins 3A and 3B will be forced to move and by that 25 initiate a rotation of the spool 2. The clamping device 11 is also spring loaded and allows only to pull the adjuster strap 1 in one direction, i.e. out of the base. Due to that, the adjuster strap 1 will be prohibited from releasing any tension since the clamping device 11 will open upon pulling the adjuster strap 1 towards outside the seat but close upon pulling the adjuster strap 1 towards inside the seat. 30 Figure 2 shows the location of the spring house 5 and the spring 6 . The spring housing 5 compris es a rotating axel 7A which will be powered by the spring 6 inside the spring housing 5. The com pensator may further comprise a LED and battery holder for an information interface 12, whereby the interface is not shown. 35 5 Figure 3 shows the other side of the compensator with the rotating axel 7B which is powered by the spring 6 (not shown) and forces the ratchet 8 to rotate along pawl 9. The teeth of the ratchet 8 are shown in equal distance to each other. The distance of the teeth may, however, vary to make fine adjustments. The ratchet 8 further comprises a stopper element 8A to bring the rotation of the 5 spool 2 (not shown) to halt. Reference signs 1 - Adjuster Strap 10 2 - Spool 3A, B - Guiding pins 4 - fixation element 5 - Spring housing 6 - Spring 15 7A, B - Rotating axel (powered by spring) 8 - Ratchet 8A - Stopper 9 - Pawl 10 - Base of the seat 20 11 - Clamping device 12 - LED and battery holder for information interface
    权利要求:
    Claims (13)
    [1] 1. Child safety seat for a vehicle with a harness for restraining a passenger in said seat, whereas said harness is to be tightened and clamped at a predetermined tension when in use, char 5 acterized in that at least one adjuster strap of said harness is guided through a spring loaded ele ment enabled to maintain the predetermined tension in the at least one adjuster strap of said har ness and whereas that adjuster strap runs then through a clamping device to avoid slip.
    [2] 2. Child safety seat according to claim 1, whereas the spring loaded element is a spool, cam, 10 pin or lever mechanism.
    [3] 3. Child safety seat according to claim 2, whereas the spring loaded spool comprises at least two pins around which the at least one adjuster strap is routed when tightening the harness. 15
    [4] 4. Child safety seat according to claim 3, whereas the pins are eccentrically located within the spool.
    [5] 5. Child safety seat according to any of the preceding claims, whereas the spring loaded spool is operatively connected to a ratchet and associated pawl. 20
    [6] 6. Child safety seat according to any of the preceding claims, whereas the adjuster strap runs through the spool at one end and out the other end of the spool, whereby the adjuster strap is clamped upon the seat by clamping means. 25
    [7] 7. Child safety seat according to any of the preceding claims, whereas the ratchet and pawl are unlocked when opening the clamping means or pulling the adjuster strap to give the at least one strap free.
    [8] 8. Child safety seat according to any of the claims 5 to 7, whereas the spool is located within 30 the base of said seat.
    [9] 9. Child safety seat according to any of the preceding claims, whereas optical and/or audible indicators or alerts are provided to indicate the status of the spool and conversely the harness ten sion. 35 2
    [10] 10. Child safety seat according to any of the preceding claims, whereas a status protocol of the spool is sent via a radio frequency interface to a mobile device or a board computer interface in the vehicle. 5
    [11] 11. Child safety seat according to any of the preceding claims, whereby an electromechanical component rotates and/or preloads the spool.
    [12] 12. Child safety seat according to claim 11, whereby the electromechanical component is a power-spring or an electric motor or a servomotor. 10
    [13] 13. Child safety seat according to any of the preceding claims, whereby a load limiter is real ized in the pretension of the spool which is able to control the release of the adjuster strap in a dynamic load.
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