Safety Belt Buckle - Inflatable Safety Belt
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2018 Ford Edge. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
On vehicles equipped with inflatable safety belts, the safety belt buckle has 3 functions:
- Receives the tongue and holds it in place until the release button is pressed.
- Senses if the inflatable safety belt is buckled using a Hall-effect sensor which is hard-wired to the RCM.
- Directs the gas from the safety belt inflator into the inflatable safety belt.
The safety belt buckle is bolted directly to the safety belt inflator. To prevent the inflator gas from leaking during deployment, the buckle is sealed to the inflator with nylon rings.