Arrangement of a seat belt taking-up device

• US 4,079,964 A
• Filed: 02/12/1976
• Issued: 03/21/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamada, Makoto, Sasaki, Shiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodman, Philip
• Application Number:
  US05/657,480
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 280/744, 280/745, 280/746, 280/747, 180/82 C, 297/388, 297/389, 242/107.4
• US Class Current: 280/807
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/026 at least two ends of the belt being retractable after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/22 secured to the vehicle floor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/34 Belt retractors, e.g. reels anchoring devices , e.g. guide loops , with means to tension the belt in an emergency B60R22/195

Abstract

Retractors for shoulder belts and retractors for lap belts which are transversly positioned, relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. One of said retractors is housed in a side member at the bottom of the vehicle, thereby facilitating occupants getting in and out of the vehicle. At the same time, this arrangement increases the degree of freedom in the anchorage location of the retractors in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A seat belt winding device having a shoulder belt winding retractor and a lap belt winding retractor, wherein:

said shoulder belt winding retractor has a winding shaft disposed in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle;

said lap belt winding retractor has a winding shaft disposed in a direction parallel to the lateral axis of the vehicle;

said shoulder belt and lap belt winding retractors are adjacently disposed on a bottom member of the vehicle and positioned relative to each other in the lateral direction of the vehicle; and

one of said shoulder belt winding retractor and lap belt retractor is housed in a side member formed of a floor side panel and a rocker outer panel, said one retractor being housed in a first cover and the other retractor being housed in a second cover, said retractors being integrally coupled to each other by means of a bracket mounted on said one retractor, a mounting base for said other retractor, aligned apertures formed in said bracket and said mounting base and said bottom member and a bolt inserted through all said aligned apertures;

lap and shoulder belt drawing-out guide holes formed in said first cover and another belt drawing-out guide hole formed in said mounting base, said floor side panel being provided with an insertion opening for receiving said second cover.