Adjustment structure of seat belt device in vehicle

• US 20050253366A1
• Filed: 07/08/2004
• Published: 11/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nishizaka, Mitsuhiro, Sekiguchi, Nobumoto, Ikeda, Koji, Uno, Koji, Kajiwara, Hideki
• Granted Patent: US 7,331,609 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/730.200
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/213 in vehicle roof frames or pillars
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/203 the locking means being movably mounted on the slider

Abstract

A lock releasing button is provided at a slide plate including a slip joint for slidably supporting a webbing for restraining an occupant to a seat. Locking of the slide plate to a center pillar is arranged to be released when the lock releasing button is pressed upward from below. Therefore, when an airbag presses to open a connecting portion between a roof lining and a pillar garnish and deploys downward at a time of collision of a vehicle, the lock releasing button is prevented from releasing the locking by being pressed by the airbag deploying downward. This prevents the situation in which the slip joint is moved downward together with the slide plate to loosen the webbing and thus a seat belt device cannot sufficiently exhibit an occupant restraining performance.

Claims

1. An adjustment structure of a seat belt device in a vehicle including:

an airbag device in which an airbag module accommodating an airbag in a folded state is placed along a side edge of a roof, and the airbag inflated at a time of collision of the vehicle presses to open a connecting portion between a roof lining covering the roof from a side of a vehicle compartment and a pillar garnish covering a pillar from the side of the vehicle compartment, and deploys downward into the vehicle compartment; and

the seat belt device in which a middle portion of a webbing for restraining an occupant to a seat is slidably guided by a slip joint provided at a slide plate that is adjustable in its vertical position along the pillar garnish and that is capable of being locked to the pillar at a predetermined position,

wherein a lock releasing button for releasing locking of the slide plate to the pillar is operated by being pushed upward from below.

2. The adjustment structure of the seat belt device in the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the lock releasing button is biased downward by a tension spring.

3. The adjustment structure of the seat belt device in the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a linear rail extending in a vertical direction is projectingly provided at the slide plate, and the linear rail is in slidable contact with an arc surface projectingly provided at the pillar garnish.

4. The adjustment structure of the seat belt device in the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein one spot of an upper portion of the pillar garnish is fixed to the pillar with a clip, and two front and rear spots of a lower portion of the pillar garnish are fixed to the pillar with locking claws.

5. The adjustment structure of the seat belt device in the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a locking projection engageable with a locked portion formed at a vehicle body panel is provided at an upper end of the pillar garnish, and the locking projection is reinforced by ribs.