Buckle device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10399538-B2
Application number	US-201715410338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2017
Priority date	Jan 22, 2016
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

In a buckle device, a pressing force, applied from wire ropes to an inside wall face of a wire guide groove of a wire guide, is along an imaginary line passing through a center of a cover plate first hole portion of a cover plate fixing tab of a cover plate and a center of a wire guide hole portion of the wire guide as viewed from the vehicle inside, similarly to a pressing force applied to a first fixing bolt that fixes the cover plate to a support plate, and these pressing forces are both oriented in the same direction. This enables rotation moment to be suppressed from occurring at the cover plate when the wire ropes are pulled toward their length direction leading end side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A buckle device configured to be mounted in a vehicle, comprising:
a buckle that is configured to engage with a tongue provided at webbing of a seatbelt device;
a moving member whose leading end side in a length direction of the movement member is anchored to the buckle;
a drive section that, by drive force which the drive section outputs, moves a base end side portion in the length direction of the moving member along the length direction of the moving member to move the buckle;
a guide rail member attached to a body of the vehicle that guides the moving member;
an intermediate member fixed to the guide rail and having an engagement surface at which an intermediate portion in the length direction of the movement member is disposed, and at which the moving member is bent; and
a coupling member that includes a first coupling section which is fixed to a vehicle side support section that is attached to the body of the vehicle, and a second coupling section to which the intermediate member is fixed and retained,
wherein the first coupling section and the second coupling section of the coupling member and the intermediate member are fixedly mounted relative to the body of the vehicle via the vehicle side support section such that the bent portion of the moving member slidably moves over the engagement surface of the intermediate member when the drive section moves the moving member,
wherein a direction of a first load acting on the first coupling section due to the moving member being pulled toward the leading end side in the length direction and a direction of a second load acting on the second coupling section due to the moving member being pulled toward the leading end side in the length direction are the same as an extending direction of a single imaginary line L 1 , and the first load and the second load act on the single imaginary line L 1 ,
wherein the intermediate member is non-rotatably fixed to the second coupling section such that the intermediate member is fixedly and non-rotatably mounted relative to the body of the vehicle,
wherein the moving member is a member which is continuous from the leading end side thereof via the intermediate portion thereof to the base end side portion thereof,
wherein a first hole portion is formed at the first coupling section, and a support hole portion is formed at the vehicle side support section,
wherein a first fixing member is inserted in the first hole portion and the support hole portion such that the first coupling section is fixed to the vehicle side support section,
wherein a second hole portion is formed at the second coupling section, and an intermediate member hole portion is formed at the intermediate member,
wherein a second fixing member is inserted in the second hole portion and the intermediate member hole portion such that the second coupling section is fixed to the intermediate member,
wherein the first coupling section and the second coupling section configure a single member as the coupling member,
wherein the single imaginary line L 1 is a straight line passing through the first fixing member inserted in the first hole portion and the support hole portion and the second fixing member inserted in the second hole portion and the intermediate member hole portion, and
wherein the direction of the first load acting on the first hole portion of the first coupling section due to the moving member being pulled toward the leading end side in the length direction and the direction of the second load acting on the second hole portion of the second coupling section due to the moving member being pulled toward the leading end side in the length direction are the same as the extending direction of the single imaginary line L 1 .

2. The buckle device of claim 1 , wherein:
a first coupled portion of the first coupling section where the first load acts and a second coupled portion of the second coupling section where the second load acts, due to the moving member being pulled toward the leading end side in the length direction, are single in the first coupling section and the second coupling section respectively, and
the second coupled portion is disposed in the direction of the first load acting on the first coupled portion with respect to the first coupled portion.

3. The buckle device of claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the first coupling section or the second coupling section includes a plurality of portions where loads act respectively due to the moving member being pulled toward the leading end side in the length direction, and a direction of a resultant force of the loads at the respective plurality of portions is along a direction of load applied from the moving member to the intermediate member.

4. The buckle device of claim 1 , wherein
the first load acts on a first coupled portion of the first coupling section, the first coupled portion and a coupled portion of the vehicle side support section being coupled,
the second load acts on a second coupled portion of the second coupling section, the second coupled portion and a coupled portion of the intermediate member being coupled, and
the imaginary line L 1 passes through the first coupled portion and the second coupled portion.

5. The buckle device of claim 4 , wherein the first coupling section and the second coupling section configure a single member as the coupling member.

6. The buckle device of claim 4 , wherein
an angle formed by the imaginary line L 1 and an extending direction of the base end side portion of the movement member which is further toward a base end side of the moving member than the intermediate member is substantially ½ of an angle formed by an extending direction of a leading end side portion of the movement member which is further toward the leading end side than the intermediate member and the extending direction of the base end side portion of the movement member.

7. The buckle device of claim 3 , wherein
the imaginary line L 1 is set such that an angle formed by the imaginary line L 1 and an extending direction of the base end side portion of the movement member which is further toward a base end side of the moving member than the intermediate member is substantially ½ of an angle formed by an extending direction of a leading end side portion of the movement member which is further toward the leading end side than the intermediate member and the extending direction of the base end side portion of the movement member,
the plurality of portions and coupled portions of at least one of the vehicle side support section or the intermediate member are coupled,
the resultant force of the loads is on the imaginary line L 1 , and
a direction of the resultant force of the loads is along the imaginary line L 1 .

Assignees

• Tokai Rika Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hata Yasunori
• Saito Takuhiro
• Murasaki Tatsuhiro
• Watada Yusuke

Classifications

• B60R22/03 Primary

  Means for presenting the belt or part thereof to the wearer {, e.g. foot-operated} · CPC title

• A44B11/2561

  Tongue elements · CPC title

• B60R22/20 Primary

  adjustable in position, e.g. in height · CPC title

• B60R22/26 Primary

  secured to the seat · CPC title

• H02K7/14

  Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans (with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06) · CPC title