IP Library Granted Patent US 9,156,433
Granted Patent B2
US 9,156,433 · App. 14/202,938 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Four-point seat belt device

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Patent No.
US 9,156,433
App. No.
14/202,938
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A four-point seat belt device includes right and left lap belts to press the hipbone of a passenger sitting in a seat, two shoulder belts to press both shoulders of the passenger, a driving unit to perform winding of the lap belts and the shoulder belts, and a latching detecting unit to detect a state in which the lap belts and the shoulder belts are latched via a buckle. The driving unit controls the lap belts in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching.

Claims (34)

1. A four-point seat belt device comprising:

two lap belts to press a hipbone of a passenger sitting in a seat;

two shoulder belts to press both shoulders of the passenger;

a driving unit arrangement to perform winding of the lap belts and the shoulder belts;

a latching detecting unit to detect a state in which the lap belts and the shoulder belts are latched via a buckle; and

a guide member driving unit configured to drive a guide member configured to guide the lap belts, wherein the guide member driving unit is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to move the lap belts to at least either one of the forward direction and the downward direction, for distancing the lap belts from the passenger.

2. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 1 , wherein the seat belt device is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to temporarily loosen the lap belts.

3. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 2 wherein the seat belt device is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to temporarily loosen the lap belts by enabling at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts to be lengthened.

4. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 2 , wherein the driving unit arrangement is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to perform a winding driving on the lap belts to reduce looseness after enabling at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts to be lengthened.

5. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 2 , wherein the driving unit arrangement is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to perform a winding driving on the lap belts to reduce looseness after changing the state of at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts to an uncontrolled state.

6. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 2 , wherein

the driving unit arrangement is operable to perform an operation in one of the states of winding, holding, and uncontrolled, before detection by the latching detecting unit; and

the seat belt device is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to temporarily loosen the lap belts by enabling at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts to be lengthened.

7. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 1 , wherein the seat belt device is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to forcibly move the lap belts to the hipbone of the passenger.

8. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 7 , wherein the seat belt device is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to forcibly intensify a tensile force of the lap belts to move the lap belts to the hipbone of the passenger.

9. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 7 , wherein the driving unit arrangement is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to wind up the lap belts after enabling the lengths of the shoulder belts to be lengthened.

10. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 1 , wherein the seat belt device is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to move the lap belts at least forward so as to distance the lap belts from the passenger.

11. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving unit arrangement is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to perform a winding driving on the lap belts to reduce looseness after enabling at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts to be lengthened.

12. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 1 , wherein, the driving unit arrangement comprises a winding driving unit comprising a pulley and a motor, the winding driving unit being operable to retract a belt.

13. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 12 , wherein, the driving unit arrangement comprises a separate winding driving unit for each lap belt and each shoulder belt.

14. A four-point seat belt device comprising:

two lap belts to press a hipbone of a passenger sitting in a seat;

two shoulder belts to press both shoulders of the passenger;

a driving unit arrangement to perform winding of the lap belts and the shoulder belts; and

a latching detecting unit to detect a state in which the lap belts and the shoulder belts are latched via a buckle,

wherein the seat belt device is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to perform a winding driving on at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts after moving the lap belts to the hipbone of the passenger and elapsing of a predetermined amount of time from detection.

15. The four-point seat belt device according to claim 14 , wherein, the driving unit arrangement is operable to perform the winding driving on at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts after a state of at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts has been changed to an uncontrolled state during the predetermined amount of time from detection.

16. A four-point seat belt device comprising:

two lap belts to press a hipbone of a passenger sitting in a seat;

two shoulder belts to press both shoulders of the passenger;

a driving unit arrangement to perform winding of the lap belts and the shoulder belts; and

a latching detecting unit to detect a state in which the lap belts and the shoulder belts are latched via a buckle, wherein

the driving unit arrangement is operable to perform an operation in one of the states of wind-up, holding, and uncontrolled, before the latching detecting unit has detected latching,

the driving unit arrangement is operable, in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching, to enable at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts to be lengthened during a predetermined amount of time from detection and perform a winding driving on at least one of the lap belts and the shoulder belts after moving the lap belts to the hipbone of the passenger.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2017
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042624/0886 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 31, 2014
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 034114/0841 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2014
From: NAGASAWA, ISAMU
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 032396/0494 →