SEATBELT DEVICE

• US 20200130639A1
• Filed: 10/25/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Kazuhito
• Granted Patent: US 11,135,996 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/1806 for buckles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/288 with means to adjust or regulate the amount of energy to be absorbed
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/1952 Transmission of tensioning power by cable; Return motion locking means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/26 secured to the seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/28 incorporating energy-absorbing devices belt anchors provided with energy-absorbing means for protecting the occupants in case of physical contact therewith B60R21/055; belt retractors comprising energy-absorbing means B60R22/341, B60R22/4676
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/46 Reels with means to tension the belt in an emergency by forced winding upelectrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01 ; tensioners using reels only guiding the belt during normal use, e.g. splitted reels B60R22/195

Abstract

A seatbelt device includes a webbing; a tongue; a buckle, in buckled up the webbing, a portion of the webbing configures a lap webbing; a lower restraint member a portion thereof disposed inside a vehicle seat cushion, the lower restraint member, together with the lap webbing, forming a loop opening along a seat front-rear direction, a length direction one side of the lower restraint member being pulled so as to tighten the loop, and the lower restraint member configured to press the body of the occupant from a seat lower side; and a tensioning device actuated in a case of a front-on collision or in a case in which a front-on collision is predicted, the tensioning device pulling the length direction one side of the lower restraint member to tighten the loop, and the tensioning device pulling the lap webbing so as to move toward a seat lower front side.

Claims

1. A seatbelt device comprising:

a webbing having an elongated belt shape with a length direction leading end portion of the webbing anchored to a retention member, at least a portion of the webbing configuring a lap webbing in a state in which the webbing is worn on a body of an occupant seated in a vehicle seat, and the lap webbing being configured to restrain a location in a vicinity of a waist of the occupant from a seat upper side;

a tongue provided at a length direction intermediate portion of the webbing, the tongue being movable along the length direction of the webbing;

a buckle provided at a seat width direction one side of the vehicle seat, the buckle being configured to retain the tongue such that, in a retained state of the tongue, a portion of the webbing that is further toward a length direction leading end side than the tongue configures the lap webbing;

a lower restraint member including a length direction central portion running in the seat width direction inside a seat cushion of the vehicle seat, the lower restraint member, together with the lap webbing, forming a loop opening along a seat front-rear direction, at least a length direction one side of the lower restraint member being pulled and moved so as to tighten the loop and so as to shorten a peripheral length of the loop, and the lower restraint member being configured to press the body of the occupant from a seat lower side; and

a tensioning device configured to be actuated in a case of a front-on collision of the vehicle or in a case in which a front-on collision of the vehicle is predicted, the tensioning device being configured to pull at least the length direction one side of the lower restraint member on actuation to tighten the loop, and the tensioning device being configured to pull the lap webbing so as to move the lap webbing toward a seat lower front side.

2. The seatbelt device of claim 1, further comprising a fold-back member provided at the seat width direction one side of the vehicle seat, wherein:

the lower restraint member is led out from inside the seat cushion toward an outside, is extended toward a seat upper side at the seat width direction one side, is connected to the fold-back member, is folded back on itself toward the seat lower side, and is linked to the tensioning device.

3. The seatbelt device of claim 2, wherein the fold-back member is configured by a pulley around which the lower restraint member is entrained, and the pulley is rotated by movement of the lower restraint member toward at least the length direction one side of the lower restraint member.

4. The seatbelt device of claim 1, wherein tensioning devices are provided at both sides in the seat width direction of the vehicle seat, and the lower restraint member is pulled toward both sides in the length direction by actuation of the tensioning devices.

5. The seatbelt device of claim 1, further comprising a load absorbing member, wherein:

the load absorbing member is coupled to at least the retention member or the buckle;

the load absorbing member is coupled to an attachment portion disposed at a frame of the seat or at a vehicle body located further toward a seat lower rear side than the retention member or the buckle; and

the load absorbing member is configured to permit movement of the retention member or the buckle toward a seat upper front side by undergoing deformation under a load to move the retention member or the buckle toward the seat upper front side, and is configured to absorb some of the load through the deformation thereof.

6. The seatbelt device of claim 5, wherein:

the load absorbing member has a cylinder shape, includes a rod-shaped member disposed inside the load absorbing member, is provided with a load imparting portion at one end side coupled to the retention member or the buckle, and has an opening at the one end side, the opening having a shape smaller than the load imparting portion;

an end portion in a length direction of the rod-shaped member is coupled to the attachment portion;

the load imparting portion is larger than the rod-shaped member in a direction orthogonal to the length direction of the rod-shaped member, and is provided at another end portion in the length direction of the rod-shaped member; and

the load absorbing member is configured to be moved toward the vehicle seat upper front side by the load to move the retention member or the buckle toward the seat upper front side.

7. The seatbelt device of claim 1, wherein the tongue is capable of restricting movement of the webbing further toward the length direction leading end side of the webbing than the tongue.