IP Library Patent Application 15590361
Patent Application
App. No. 15/590,361

BUCKLE

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App. No.
15/590,361
Abstract

A buckle includes a main body part that can be coupled to a tongue that is attached to a seatbelt of a vehicle; a communication substrate to which one end of a wire harness is coupled, the wire harness passing through an opening formed on a buckle surface of the buckle; a holder configured to support the communication substrate; and a cover configured to cover the main body part, the communication substrate, and the holder. The cover includes a rib that prevents the holder from moving in an opening direction of the opening.

Claims (23)

1 . A buckle comprising:

a main body part that can be coupled to a tongue that is attached to a seatbelt of a vehicle;

a communication substrate to which one end of a wire harness is coupled, the wire harness passing through an opening formed on a buckle surface of the buckle;

a holder configured to support the communication substrate; and

a cover configured to cover the main body part, the communication substrate, and the holder,

wherein the cover includes a rib that prevents the holder from moving in an opening direction of the opening.

2 . The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the rib prevents the holder from rotating on an opening rim of the opening acting as a fulcrum of the rotation.

3 . The buckle according to claim 2 , wherein the cover prevents the rotation of the holder by sandwiching the holder with the main body part.

4 . The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein

the rib includes a rib side face orthogonal to the opening direction, and

the rib side face prevents the holder from moving.

5 . The buckle according to claim 4 , wherein

the cover includes a plurality of the ribs, and

the cover sandwiches the holder in between the plurality of the ribs by the rib side faces.

6 . The buckle according to claim 5 , wherein

the cover sandwiches an outside rib, which protrudes outward from an outer wall of the holder, by the rib side faces.

7 . The buckle according to claim 6 , wherein

the holder includes a pair of the outer walls that are parallel to the opening direction, and

the outside ribs protrude from the respective outer walls.

8 . The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the holder includes substrate support ribs configured to support the communication substrate so as to be parallel to the opening direction.

9 . The buckle according to claim 8 , wherein the substrate support ribs protrude inward from each outer wall of the holder.

10 . The buckle according to claim 1 , wherein the holder includes a stopper that prevents the communication substrate from moving in the opening direction.

substrate support ribs protrude inward from each outer wall of the holder.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
Reel/Frame 057775/0655 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K. K.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 046286/0789 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2018
From: TAKATA CORPORATION
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
Reel/Frame 045938/0931 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2017
From: FUJII, ATSUSHI
To: TAKATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042299/0842 →