Adjustable seat belt anchorage

• US 4,470,618 A
• Filed: 06/28/1982
• Issued: 09/11/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha (NSK Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nsk-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Ono, Katsuyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Bertsch, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US06/393,035
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 280/806, 280/808, 297/476, 297/479, 297/480, 297/482, 297/483, 297/486, 296/483, 296/486
• US Class Current: 280/801.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/203 the locking means being movably mounted on the slider

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an adjustable seat belt anchorage comprising a guide member having a plurality of interlocking portions, a slider having a portion of such configurations as a channel with flanges inwardly extending along both free edges thereof and provided displaceably with respect to the guide member, a latch piece provided on the slider in such a way that the latch piece is displaceable between an interlocking position and a non-interlocking position, means for normally urging the latch piece toward the interlocking position, a release member supported on the slider and, when operated, capable of shifting the latch piece to the non-interlocking position, and an anchor plate attached to the slider and adapted to support a shoulder webbing either at its free end or at an intermediate portion thereof. Owing to the above construction, the adjustable seat belt anchorage can withstand loads to be applied thereto through the anchor plate, without undergoing deformation and permits a simple and fast adjustment of its height.

Claims

1. An adjustable seat belt anchorage comprising:

a guide member having a plurality of interlocking portions and adapted to be fixedly mounted on an automobile body;

a slider having a portion of such configurations as a channel with flanges inwardly extending along both free edges thereof and provided displaceably with respect to said guide member while being guided by said guide member;

a latch piece provided on said slider in such a way that said latch piece is displaceable between an interlocking position where said latch piece is brought into engagement with either one of said interlocking portions of said guide member and a non-interlocking position where said latch piece is unengaged with any one of said interlocking portions;

means for normally urging said latch piece toward said interlocking position;

a release member supported on said slider and, when operated, capable of shifting said latch piece to the non-interlocking position; and

an anchor plate attached to said slider and adapted to support a shoulder webbing either at its free end or at an intermediate portion thereof.

2. The adjustable seat belt anchorage as claimed in claim 1, wherein said guide member defines, as said interlocking portions, mutually-spaced openings therethrough.

3. The adjustable seat belt anchorage as claimed in claim 1, wherein said guide member defines, as said interlocking portions, mutually-spaced indentations along both longitudinal edges thereof.

4. An adjustable seat belt anchorage comprising:

a guide member having a plurality of interlocking portions and adapted to be fixedly mounted on an automobile body;

a slider provided displaceably with respect to said guide member while being guided by said guide member;

a latch piece provided on said slider in such a way that said latch piece is displaceable between an interlocking position where said latch piece is brought into engagement with either one of said interlocking portions of said guide member and a non-interlocking position where said latch piece is unengaged with any of said interlocking portions;

means for normally urging said latch piece toward said interlocking position;

a release member supported on said slider and, when operated, capable of shifting said latch piece to the non-interlocking position; and

an anchor plate attached to said slider and adapted to support a shoulder webbing either at its free end or at an intermediate portion thereof.

5. An adjustable seat belt anchorage as claimed in claim 4, wherein said slider has a channel portion with flanges extending inwardly along both free edges thereof and provided displaceable with respect to said guide member while being guided by said guide member.

6. An adjustable seat belt anchorage as claimed in claim 4, wherein said guide member defines, as said interlocking portions, mutually-spaced openings therethrough.

7. An adjustable seat belt anchorage, as claimed in claim 4, wherein said guide member defines, as said interlocking portions, mutually-spaced indentations along both longitudinal edges thereof.