A buckle for a seatbelt assembly with a belt and a locking tongue. The buckle comprises a buckle casing that defines an insertion aperture for accommodating the tongue, and an illumination device (40) inside the casing, and comprising: at least one light source (62) inside the casing and electrically connected to an internal electrical circuit (60) to receive electrical power for emitting light, and a light guide (70) arranged inside the casing, and adapted for guiding light emitted by the light source towards an indicator surface defined at an outside of the casing at or near the insertion aperture. The illumination device (40) comprises a flexible circuit board (42) accommodated inside the buckle casing, and which includes a flexible carrier substrate onto which the electrical circuit (60) and the at least one light source (62) are arranged.
ILLUMINATED SEATBELT BUCKLE
BELEUCHTETES SITZGURTSCHLOSS
BOUCLE DE CEINTURE ÉCLAIRÉE
2017-12-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English