Seat belt anchoring mechanism for cars

• US 4,579,368 A
• Filed: 09/26/1983
• Issued: 04/01/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Miyashita, Norio, Mugikura, Norio, Kawade, Tateo
• Primary Examiner(s): Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Weaver, Ross
• Application Number:
  US06/535,949
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 280/801, 280/802, 280/804, 280/807, 280/808, 297/481, 297/482, 297/483, 297/486, 180/336
• US Class Current: 280/801.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/203 the locking means being movably mounted on the slider

Abstract

A seat belt anchoring mechanism for a car including a passenger room, a seat belt and a pillar portion covered with a garnish at the room interior side. A rotatable anchor plate supporting the shoulder harness portion of the seat belt arranged on the pillar portion with a cover and an operation lever rotatable together. A guide rail is provided at the room exterior side of the garnish and secured to the pillar portion, the guide rail having a plurality of engagement slots arranged in the longitudinal direction and a locking member is resiliently biased to be engaged with any of the engagement portions with a mobile member carrying the locking member and connected with the anchor plate so as to be movable therewith along the guide rail. An actuation mechanism causes movement of the locking member to effect the disengagement from the engagement with one of the engagement portions in accordance with the operation of the operation lever.

Claims

1. A seat belt anchoring mechanism for the passenger room of a car with at least one seat belt provided in the room and at least one pillar portion covered with a garnish at the room interior side, comprising:

a rotatable anchor member adapted for supporting the seat belt and arranged on the pillar portion;

a cover member fitted on said anchor member;

an operation member pivotally mounted for pivoting relative to said anchor member and said cover member;

a guide rail provided at the room exterior side of the garnish and secured to the pillar portion;

said guide rail having a plurality of longitudinally separated engagement portions arranged in the longitudinal direction thereof;

a locking member resiliently biased to be engaged with any of said engagement portions;

a mobile member carrying said locking member;

said mobile member being connected with said anchor member so as to be movable therewith along said guide rail; and

actuating means for actuating said locking member to effect the disengagement thereof from and to permit the engagement thereof with any of said engagement portions in accordance with the pivotal operation movement of said operation member relative to said anchor member and cover member.

2. A seat belt anchoring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein:

said operation member is provided with a cam portion;

a cam member operable with said cam portion is interposed between said operation member and said locking member; and

said cam member is integrally rotatable with said cover member.

3. A seat belt anchoring mechanism according to claim 2, wherein:

said cam member is hinged to be suspended from said cover member by means of a connection piece.

4. A seat belt anchoring mechanism according to claim 2, wherein:

said cam member and said cover member are formed with at least one engagement slot and the other with an engagement projection engaged with said engagement slot.

5. A seat belt anchoring mechanism according to claim 1, wherein:

said actuating means comprises a cam member abutting, at the room interior side, on said operation member and, at the room exterior side, on said locking member.

6. A seat belt anchoring mechanism for the passenger room of a car with at least one seat belt provided in the room and at least one pillar portion covered with a garnish at the room interior side, comprising:

a rotatable anchor member adapted for supporting the seat belt on the pillar portion;

a guide rail secured to the pillar portion and having a plurality of engagement portions arranged in the longitudinal direction thereof;

means including a locking member resiliently biased to be engaged selectively with any one of said engagement portions;

said means being rotatably connected to said anchor member so as to be movable therewith along said guide rail; and

lever means mounted for pivotal movement relative to said anchor member for actuating said locking member to effect the disengagement of said locking member from and to permit the engagement thereof with any of said engagement portions in accordance with the operation of said lever means.