Adjusting device for seat belt

• US 4,473,926 A
• Filed: 04/14/1983
• Issued: 10/02/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Nsk-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Ono, Katsuyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Lyddane, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aschenbrenner, Peter A.
• Application Number:
  US06/485,237
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 24/194, 24/196, 24/197, 24/200, 24/265 BC
• US Class Current: 24/196
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 11/2557 with strap length adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4079 Sliding part of wedge
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4084 Looped strap

Abstract

An adjusting device for a seat belt comprising: a base plate having a base and a pair of side walls, said base having a webbing inserting hole through which a webbing is passed, said pair of side walls extending upward from both sides of said base and bent toward the inside at the end portions thereof; an adjusting bar provided between said both side walls and relatively movable against the base plate; and a metal protector mounted to said base plate, said protector including a portion located above the adjusting bar.

Claims

1. An adjusting device for a seat belt comprising:

a base plate having a base and a pair of side walls, said base having a webbing inserting hole through which a webbing is passed, said pair of side walls curving upwardly and inwardly from both sides of said base;

an adjusting bar provided between both said side walls and relatively movable against the base plate, said adjusting bar having a cross section which is generally rectangular with one corner truncated; and

a metal protector mounted to said base plate, said protector including a top portion located above the adjusting bar and a pair of side walls curving downwardly and inwardly to clamp over the respective side walls of said base plate.

2. An adjusting device for a seat belt according to claim 1, wherein activating means which activates the adjusting bar in the direction of clamping the webbing is provided in the area between said protector and adjusting bar.

3. An adjusting device for a seat belt comprising:

a base plate having a base and a pair of side walls, said base having a webbing inserting hole through which a webbing is passed, said pair of side walls curving upwardly and inwardly from both sides of said base;

an adjusting bar provided between both said side walls and relatively movable against the base plate, said adjusting bar having a cross section which is generally rectangular with one corner truncated;

a covering member being made of a synthetic resin adapted for covering said adjusting bar;

a metal protector provided between said base plate and covering member, said protector including a portion located above the adjusting bar and a pair of side walls curving downwardly and inwardly to clamp over the respective side walls of said base plate.

4. An adjusting device for a seat belt according to claim 3, wherein activating means which activates the adjusting bar in the direction of clamping the webbing is provided in the area between said protector and adjusting bar.