IP Library Granted Patent US 9,358,948
Granted Patent B2
US 9,358,948 · App. 14/322,706 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Buckle device for seat belt of vehicle

Inventors: Sang Mun Kim (Whasung-Si, KR); Chang Hee Kim (Whasung-Si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Samsong Industries, Ltd.
B60R22/22B60N2/06B60R22/26B60R2022/1806
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Patent No.
US 9,358,948
App. No.
14/322,706
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a buckle device that fixes a seat belt mounted on a 2nd-row seat or a 3rd-row seat to the vehicle body floor in a vehicle. The buckle device may include a buckle bracket having an upper end with a hole for connecting with a seat belt and a lower end connected to a rail on a vehicle body floor by a buckle connection bolt, and a wire fixing bracket connected between a side of the buckle bracket and a side of a seat frame and absorbing vibration of a seat.

Claims (12)

1. A buckle device for a seatbelt of a vehicle, comprising:

a buckle bracket having an upper end with a hole for connecting with a seat belt and a lower end connected to a rail on a vehicle body floor by a buckle connection bolt; and

a wire fixing bracket connected between a side of the buckle bracket and a side of a seat frame and absorbing vibration of a seat,

wherein the wire fixing bracket comprises:

a wire member including at least a piece of wire;

a first bracket part including a first hole; and

a second bracket part including a second hole,

wherein the first bracket part is coupled to a first end of the wire member and the second bracket part is coupled to a second end of the wire member, and

wherein the first bracket part is fastened to the buckle bracket through the first hole and the second bracket part is fastened to the seat frame through the second hole.

2. The buckle device of claim 1 , wherein the wire member and the first and second bracket parts of the wire fixing bracket are prevented from separating in a longitudinal direction of the wire by protrusions formed on the wire member and grooves formed on the first and second bracket parts which are locked to each other.

3. The buckle device of claim 2 , wherein pressing portions that secure the wire member and the first and second bracket parts are formed in areas where the protrusions of the wire member and the grooves of the first and second bracket parts are locked.

4. The buckle device of claim 1 , wherein curved hooks that are to be locked to the buckle bracket and the seat frame are formed on the first and second bracket parts.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SECOND ASSIGNEE'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 033235 FRAME: 0124. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 10, 2015
From: KIM, SANG MUN; KIM, CHANG HEE
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; SAMSONG INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 037082/0072 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2014
From: KIM, SANG MUN; KIM, CHANG HEE
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; SAMSUNG INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033235/0124 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0140406 · Nov 19, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150136919A1 · May 21, 2015