Anchor with an improved upper structure and method for manufacturing the same

• US 6,644,692 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2001
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jin Hee Kang
• Original Assignee: Jin Hee Kang
• Inventors: Kang, Jin Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickson, Paul N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Spisich, George D.
• Application Number:
  US09/955,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20020190517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• Field of Search: 280/801.1, 280/808, 403/408.1
• US Class Current: 280/801.1
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 22/04 for dimpling combined with perforating B21D28/24
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/18 Anchoring devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/24 secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/75 having a joining piece extending through aligned openings in plural members

Abstract

A mini anchor with an improved upper structure comprises a lower part (1a) having a slot (2) for suspending the seatbelt and an upper part (1b) having a bolt-mounting sink (3) for directly mounting on a vehicle body. The bolt-mounting sink (3) has a cylindrical basin shape with predetermined depth. A bolt-hole (5) is formed on a bottom (4) center of bolt-mounting sink (3). The upper part of mini anchor is directly installed on the vehicle body with a proper clearance. This mini anchor is designed to delete a bushing being used in the conventional anchor assembly. Therefore, the overall assembly cost is remarkably reduced. Additionally, the workers are free from the worry of accidental omitting a bushing during the seatbelt assembly.

Claims

1. An anchor for directly mounting on a vehicle body and suspending a seatbelt (40) through thereon having a lower part (1a) and an upper part (1b) comprises:

a bolt-mounting sink (3) having a cylindrical basin shape with a predetermined depth from a surface of said upper part (1b),

said predetermined depth is the same height as a bolt head (6a) for retaining said bolt head (6a) inside said bolt-mounting sink (3),

a bolt-hole (5) being formed at a bottom (4) center of said bolt-mounting sink (3) with an abutted area for seating said bolt head (6a), and

a clearance between said upper part (1b) of the anchor and said vehicle body is provided outside the cylindrical basin (3) for properly operating said seatbelt, said clearance is the same height as the height of the outside of the cylindrical basin (3).

2. The anchor of claim 1, wherein an inner diameter of bolt-mounting sink (3) is little larger than an outer diameter of a bolt head turning tool for mounting said bolt head (6a) inside of said bolt-mounting sink (3).