Cover for a strap

• US 10,640,079 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Klubach, Julian
• Primary Examiner(s): Islam, Syed A
• Application Number:
  US16/165,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20190047509A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 297482, 280808
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/01006 Mounting of electrical components in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/006 Sleeve or tubular members enveloping the seat belt for enhancing comfort or protection
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/1806 for buckles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4808 Sensing means arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/18 Anchoring devices

Abstract

A cover for a strap, in particular for protecting the strap from mechanical influences, wherein the cover has a body that is designed such that the body has an aperture that is enclosed at least in sections by a wall, via which the cover can be arranged on the strap such that the wall of the body encloses at least sections of the strap in the circumferential direction of the body. A bracket is arranged on the wall of the body in this design.

Claims

1. A cover for a strap of a seat belt for a vehicle for protecting the strap from mechanical influences, the cover comprising:

a body that is designed such that the body has an aperture that is enclosed at least in sections by a wall, via which the cover is adapted to be arranged on the strap such that the wall of the body encloses at least sections of the strap in a circumferential direction of the body; and

a bracket arranged on the wall of the body,

wherein the bracket has at least one receptacle, and

wherein the at least one receptacle perforates the bracket substantially perpendicular to a bracket plane.

2. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the bracket has an at least approximately rectangular, plate shape, wherein the thickness of the bracket is substantially perpendicular to a bracket plane.

3. The cover according to claim 2, wherein the approximately rectangular, plate shape bracket is elongated shape and has a longitudinal direction.

4. The cover according to claim 3, wherein the bracket is arranged on the body of the cover such that the longitudinal direction of the bracket is orthogonal to a center axis of the cover.

8. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the bracket is arranged at one end of the body.

9. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover is implemented as one piece.

10. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover is made of an elastomer.

11. The cover according to claim 1, wherein the bracket is connected to the body of the cover by a flexure bearing.

5. A cover for a strap of a seat belt for a vehicle for protecting the strap from mechanical influences, the cover comprising:

a body that is designed such that the body has an aperture that is enclosed at least in sections by a wall, via which the cover is adapted to be arranged on the strap such that the wall of the body encloses at least sections of the strap in a circumferential direction of the body; and

a bracket arranged on the wall of the body,

wherein, in a longitudinal direction of the bracket, the bracket projects relative to the body, on both sides of a center axis of the cover, such that the bracket has a first projection and a second projection.

6. The cover according to claim 5, wherein the bracket has two receptacles, wherein one of the two receptacles is located in the first projection of the bracket and a second one of the two receptacles is located in the second projection of the bracket.

7. The cover according to claim 6, wherein surface areas of bases of the two receptacles introduced into the bracket differ from one another.

12. A cover for a strap of a seat belt for a vehicle for protecting the strap from mechanical influences, the cover comprising:

a body that is designed such that the body has an aperture that is enclosed at least in sections by a wall, via which the cover is adapted to be arranged on the strap such that the wall of the body encloses at least sections of the strap in a circumferential direction of the body; and

a bracket arranged on the wall of the body,

wherein the bracket has at least one receptacle, and

wherein a guide is located at the at least one receptacle of the bracket that perforates sections of the bracket in a direction that lies within a bracket plane, as a result of which the at least one receptacle is accessible in the direction that lies within the bracket plane.

13. The cover according to claim 12, wherein a clear width of the guide decreases toward the at least one receptacle, such that the guide is tapered.