Attaching structure for a seatbelt apparatus

• US 20040041389A1
• Filed: 08/22/2003
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nagai, Makoto, Kojima, Mikihito, Nishide, Harutomi, Isonaga, Kazutomo
• Granted Patent: US 7,156,198 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/801.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01516 using force or pressure sensing means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/22 secured to the vehicle floor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/26 secured to the seat

Abstract

An attaching structure for a seatbelt apparatus of a vehicle equipped with a seat, which is supported by a vehicle body through a weight sensor. The seatbelt apparatus includes a buckle, a seatbelt, and a tang. The buckle is fixed to one side of the seat of the vehicle. One end of the seatbelt is fixed at the vehicle so that it allows a length adjustment of the seatbelt, and the other end of the seatbelt is connected to an anchor that is fixed to the other side of the seat. The tang is provided at the seatbelt and is engaged with the buckle so as to hold an occupant to the seat. Here, the anchor and the buckle are fixed at the position higher than the weight sensor.

Claims

1. An attaching structure for a seatbelt apparatus of a vehicle equipped with a seat, which is supported by a vehicle body through a weight sensor, wherein

a seatbelt-anchor is fixed to a member, which is positioned near the seat than the weight sensor.

2. An attaching structure for a seatbelt apparatus of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

a buckle, which is engaged with/disengaged from a tang of the seatbelt apparatus, is fixed to a member, which is positioned near the seat than the weight sensor.

3. An attaching structure for a seatbelt apparatus of a vehicle equipped with a seat, which is provided on a vehicle body through a weight sensor, wherein

the seatbelt apparatus includes:

a buckle to be fixed to one side of the seat of a vehicle;

a seatbelt, one end of the seatbelt is fixed at the vehicle so that it allows to adjust the length of the seatbelt, and the other end of the seatbelt is connected to an anchor that is fixed to the other side of the seat; and

a tang, which is provided on the seatbelt and is engaged with the buckle so as to hold an occupant to the seat, wherein

the anchor and the buckle are fixed at the position near the seat than the weight sensor

4. An attaching structure for a seatbelt apparatus of a vehicle according to claim 3, wherein

the weight sensor includes

a detector which measures a load to be applied to the seat, and

an accommodator which stores the detector at underside thereof, wherein

the buckle is fixed to the accommodator.

5. An attaching structure for a seatbelt apparatus of a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein

the seat has a pair of weight sensors at the both side thereof, wherein the anchor is fixed to the accommodator of the weight sensor, which is located at the outer side with respect to the vehicle body, the other end of the seatbelt is fixed to the accommodator of the weigh sensor, which is located at the inner side with respect to the vehicle body.

6. An attaching structure for a seatbelt apparatus of a vehicle according to claim 5, wherein

the buckle is connected to the accommodator through a bracket, which has a mounting part that allows to fix the bracket to the accommodator from the rear-side direction with respect to the seat.