IP Library Granted Patent US 9,974,364
Granted Patent B2
US 9,974,364 · App. 15/097,844 · Granted May 22, 2018

Seat belt device

Inventors: Tatsuhiro Murasaki (Aichi-ken, JP); Takuhiro Saito (Aichi-ken, JP); Makoto Matsuzaki (Aichi-ken, JP); Koji Hayashi (Aichi-ken, JP); Hiroto Tanaka (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
A44B11/2561B60R22/03B60R22/20B60R22/22B60R22/26B60R2022/021B60R2022/1806B60R2022/208
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Patent No.
US 9,974,364
App. No.
15/097,844
Granted
May 22, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a seat belt device, when a buckle cover is moved obliquely upward in a vehicle forward direction relative to a buckle guide and the buckle cover reaches a moving endpoint at a vehicle upper side relative to the buckle guide, cover-side engagement portions of the buckle cover become sandwiched between vehicle lower side surfaces of guide-side engagement portions of the buckle guide, and the outside surfaces of guide long-side wall portions of the buckle guide. Due to this, not only movement of the cover-side engagement portions of the buckle cover in the vehicle upward direction but also movement of the cover-side engagement portions outwards in the thickness directions of the cross-sectional shapes of the buckle cover and the buckle guide are restrained by the guide-side engagement portions.

Claims (23)

1. A seat belt device comprising:

a buckle with which a tongue provided at a webbing is engaged;

a moving member that is movable together with the tongue or the buckle;

a support member that movably supports the moving member; and

a restraining portion that is a one side engagement portion that protrudes from one of the moving member or the support member toward a side of the another of the moving member or the support member,

an another side engagement portion that is provided at the another of the moving member or the support member, the another side engagement portion protruding from the another of the moving member or the support member toward a side of the one of the moving member or the support member;

the one side engagement portion and the another side engagement portion being provided so as to face each other in a moving direction of the moving member;

the restraining portion and the one of the moving member or the support member sandwiching another of the moving member or the support member to thereby restrain the moving member from coming away from the support member in a case in which the moving member reaches a moving endpoint of the moving member, and

in the case in which the moving member reaches the moving endpoint of the moving member, the one side engagement portion and the one of the moving member or the support member sandwich the another side engagement portion in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the moving member,

wherein the one side engagement portion has one side abutting face and the another side engagement portion has another side abutting face the one side abutting face and the another side abutting face facing in both of the moving direction and the direction perpendicular to the moving direction in the case in which the moving member reaches the moving endpoint of the moving member,

the one side abutting face and the another side abutting face being separated from one another in a case in which the moving member does not reach the moving endpoint of the moving member,

the one side abutting face and the another side abutting face being abutted to one another in the direction perpendicular to the moving direction in a case in which the moving member does reach the moving endpoint of the moving member.

2. The seat belt device of claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcement member that is provided in the restraining portion and reinforces the restraining portion.

3. The seat belt device of claim 2 , wherein:

a short portion and a long portion whose dimension in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the moving member is longer than that of the short portion are provided at the one of the moving member or the support member; and

the restraining portion is provided at the long portion.

4. The seat belt device of claim 3 , wherein restraining portions are provided at a pair of long portions respectively.

5. The seat belt device of claim 2 , further comprising a guide member that is engaged with the restraining portion and guides the moving member.

6. The seat belt device of claim 1 , wherein:

a short portion and a long portion whose dimension in a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the moving member is longer than that of the short portion are provided at the one of the moving member or the support member; and

the restraining portion is provided at the long portion.

7. The seat belt device of claim 6 , wherein restraining portions are provided at a pair of long portions respectively.

8. The seat belt device of claim 1 , further comprising a guide member that is engaged with the restraining portion and guides the moving member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2016
From: MURASAKI, TATSUHIRO; SAITO, TAKUHIRO; MATSUZAKI, MAKOTO; HAYASHI, KOJI; TANAKA, HIROTO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-085068 · Apr 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160304050A1 · Oct 20, 2016