Guide anchor for seat belt of vehicle and method for manufacturing the same

• US 7,578,525 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2005
• Issued: 08/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delphi Corporation (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: You, Byoung-Gae
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown; Peter R
• Assistant Examiner(s): GARRETT, ERIKA P
• Application Number:
  US11/175,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20060022507A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• Field of Search: 297/463.1, 297/483, 297/482, 297/468, 297/463.2, 280/808, 280/801.1
• US Class Current: 280/808
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/1818 Belt guides
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/24 secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4086 Looped strap

Abstract

A guide anchor for a seat belt, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The guide anchor comprises a guide plate having a latching hole and a slide guide hole formed therein, a guide piece engaged with a lower circumference of the slide guide hole, and a first molded part for coupling the guide plate and the guide piece. The guide piece comprises a cover, and a second molded part injected into a lower surface of the cover. The second molded part has a recess formed in a longitudinal direction at a lower surface. The cover has cover eaves extending from a lower portion.

Claims

1. A guide anchor for a seat belt of a vehicle, the guide anchor including a guide plate having a latching hole and a slide guide hole formed therein, a guide piece engaged with a lower circumference of the slide guide hole, and a first molded part for coupling the guide plate and the guide piece,

wherein the guide piece comprises,

a metallic cover which has cover eaves extending from a lower portion of the cover, and

a second molded part formed under a lower surface of the cover, the second molded part forming a recess extending in a longitudinal direction at a lower surface thereof, such that the recess is fitted onto the guide plate,

wherein each of the cover eaves is either partially or entirely bent inward at a lower end to support a lower lateral edge of the second molded part, and both longitudinal ends of each cover eave are supported by tranverse ribs of the second molded part.

2. The guide anchor according to claim 1 wherein both longitudinal ends of each cover eave and the second molded part are cut to a predetermined length.

3. The guide anchor according to claim 1, wherein the cover has latching grooves formed on a rear side thereof

4. The guide anchor according to claim 1, wherein the cover has structures selected from the group consisting of grooves and protrusions, the structures being formed on an upper surface thereof, and wherein the structures are formed diagonally relative to a longitudinal direction of the guide piece.

5. The guide anchor according to claim 4, wherein the structures are symmetrical about a longitudinal center of the guide piece.

6. The guide anchor according to claim 1, wherein protrusions are formed on at least one of a rear surface and a front surface of the guide plate, and the recess of the

second molded part of the guide piece is formed at both sides with fitting grooves to which the protrusions are fitted.