INFLATABLE BELT D-RING ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE

• US 20160121845A1
• Filed: 04/14/2014
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Inventors: LEE, Jung Min, LEE, Won Jae, BAE, Gi Young
• Granted Patent: US 9,944,253 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/1818 Belt guides
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/1837 comprising a universal mounting, e.g. spherical or cardan-type
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/18 the inflatable member formed as a belt or harness or combined with a belt or harness arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/24 secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle

Abstract

A D-ring assembly for an inflatable belt of a vehicle includes a patch bracket, in which a portion of the patch bracket supporting a D-ring is inclined forward with respect to a portion of the patch bracket fixed to a pillar of the vehicle; and the D-ring installed at the patch bracket to be rotatable in a left or right direction, so that the two-layer webbing is guided toward the front of a wearer, allowing a passenger to easily wear the webbing.

Claims

1. A D-ring assembly for an inflatable belt of a vehicle, the D-ring assembly comprising:

a patch bracket in which a portion of the patch bracket supporting a D-ring is inclined forward with respect to a portion of the patch bracket fixed to a pillar of the vehicle; and

the D-ring installed at the patch bracket (110) rotatable in a left direction or a right direction.

2. The D-ring assembly of claim 1, the patch bracket comprising:

a pillar fixing part fixed to the pillar of the vehicle;

a horizontal bending part, in which one side the horizontal bending part provided at a lower front end of the pillar fixing part has a width narrower than a width of an opposite side of the pillar fixing part to have a trapezoidal shape; and

a D-ring support part vertically bent at a front of the horizontal bending part.

3. The D-ring assembly of claim 2, wherein a fixing bolt insertion hole is formed at the pillar fixing part, and

a rivet insertion hole is formed at the D-ring support part.

4. The D-ring assembly of claim 2, wherein an inserting protrusion is formed at a rear of a central portion of an upper end of the pillar fixing part, and

a T-shaped lock piece is provided at a rear of a central portion of a lower end of the D-ring support part in parallel to the inserting protrusion.

5. The D-ring assembly of claim 1, wherein the D-ring includes a connection plate connected to the D-ring support part of the patch bracket and a slip guide provided at a lower portion of a front surface of a connection plate.

6. The D-ring assembly of claim 1, wherein a gradient angle of the D-ring support part with respect to the pillar fixing part of the patch bracket is in a range of 5°

to 25°

.