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Rotatable seat belt buckle mounting bracket for a vehicle seat adjuster with a catcher bracket buckle brace

  • US 5,507,552 A
  • Filed: 01/04/1994
  • Issued: 04/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an adjustable track assembly supporting a seat of a vehicle from a floor pan of the vehicle, the track assembly including an inboard lower track and an outboard lower track adapted to be anchored to the floor pan of the vehicle in a stationary manner, an inboard upper track and an outboard upper track adapted to support the seat, the inboard and outboard upper tracks movably mounted with respect to the inboard and outboard lower tracks, means for selectively, reciprocally, adjusting each upper track with fore and aft movement relative to the corresponding stationary lower track, at least one torsion member connected between the inboard and outboard upper tracks, a seat belt buckle and seat belt buckle attachment means for attaching the seat belt buckle to the upper track, the seat belt buckle attachment means comprising:

  • catcher bracket means connected between the upper track and the torsion member for transferring at least a portion of a high load force through the seat belt buckle and the upper track to the torsion member.

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