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Seatbelt assist device and vehicle seat

  • US 10,449,926 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2015
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A seatbelt assist device configured to attach to a seat back that is a backrest of a vehicle seat, and configured to move at least a portion of a seatbelt placed on the seat back to a position reachable by a seated passenger, comprising:

  • a rotary member that is attached to the seat back via a rotary shaft, and is configured to move between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member protrudes forward of the seat back to push out the portion of the seatbelt;

    wherein the rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at an upper end of the seat back or at a periphery of the upper end of the seat back, andwherein an outer surface of the rotary member is disposed substantially integrally and continuously with an outer surface of the seat back when the rotary member is located at the housing position;

    wherein;

    the rotary member is attached to a lateral portion of the seat back in a right-to-left direction,the rotary member is, via the rotary shaft, attached to a recessed housing portion provided at the lateral portion, the rotary member being configured to be housed in the recessed housing portion,the rotary shaft is supported to extend in the right-to-left direction in the recessed housing portion,a support plate that is configured to rotatably support the rotary member is attached between the rotary member and the recessed housing portion, andthe rotary shaft is attached to an upper end portion or a lower end portion of the rotary member, and is pivotally supported by the support plate.

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