Seatbelt assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10518739-B2
Application number	US-201815871360-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2018
Priority date	Jan 15, 2018
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

An assembly includes a seat. The assembly includes a buckle supported by the seat. The assembly includes a buckle mechanism pivotable relative to the seat between a stowed position and a latching position, and having a carrier movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The assembly includes a latch plate supported by the carrier and engaged with the buckle when the buckle mechanism is in the latching position and the carrier is in the extended position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly comprising:
a seat;
a buckle supported by the seat;
a buckle mechanism pivotable relative to the seat between a stowed position and a latching position, and having a carrier movable between a retracted position and an extended position; and
a latch plate supported within the carrier and engaged with the buckle when the buckle mechanism is in the latching position and the carrier is in the extended position.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the seat includes a seat bottom having a first side and a second side spaced from the first side in a cross-seat direction, the buckle mechanism pivotally supported at the first side and the second side.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the buckle mechanism includes a cover, the carrier slidable within the cover to move between the retracted position and the extended position.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a webbing, the webbing disposed within the carrier.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the buckle mechanism includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the latch plate supported at the first end and the buckle fixed to the second end.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the buckle mechanism is arcuate.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the buckle mechanism is under the seat.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the buckle mechanism includes an end, the latch plate supported at the end, and the end in the latching position is above the end in the stowed position relative to the seat.

9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the buckle mechanism includes an end, the latch plate supported at the end, and the end in the latching position is forward of the end in the stowed position relative to the seat.

10. An assembly comprising:
a seat;
a buckle supported by the seat;
a buckle mechanism pivotable relative to the seat between a stowed position and a latching position, and having a carrier movable between a retracted position and an extended position;
a latch plate supported by the carrier and engaged with the buckle when the buckle mechanism is in the latching position and the carrier is in the extended position; and
a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to actuate the buckle mechanism to pivot from the stowed position to the latching position, and then to actuate the carrier from the retracted position to the extended position.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to actuate the carrier from the extended position to the retracted position, and then to actuate the buckle mechanism to pivot from the latching position to the stowed position.

12. The assembly of claim 11 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to actuate the buckle mechanism in response to detecting the latch plate being engaged with the buckle.

13. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the seat includes a seat bottom, the buckle mechanism pivotally supported by the seat bottom.

14. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the carrier in the extended position is above the seat.

15. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the buckle mechanism is circular when the carrier is in the extended position.

16. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a retractor supported by the buckle mechanism.

17. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a servo designed to move the buckle mechanism between the stowed position and the latching position.

18. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a floor having a recess, the seat supported by the floor and the buckle mechanism disposed within the recess when the buckle mechanism is the latching position.

19. An assembly comprising:
a seat;
a buckle supported by the seat;
a buckle mechanism pivotable relative to the seat between a stowed position and a latching position, and having a carrier including a rack and movable between a retracted position and an extended position, the buckle mechanism including a cover, the carrier slidable within the cover to move between the retracted position and the extended position;
a latch plate supported by the carrier and engaged with the buckle when the buckle mechanism is in the latching position and the carrier is in the extended position; and
a motor supported by the cover and having a pinion engaged with the rack of the carrier.

20. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to actuate the buckle mechanism in response to detecting an occupant in the seat.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Jaradi Dean M
• Faruque Mohammad Omar
• Farooq S M Iskander

Classifications

• B60R22/26

  secured to the seat · CPC title

• B60R22/03 Primary

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

• B60R2022/1806

  for buckles · CPC title

• B60R22/06 Primary

  having the belt or harness connected to a member slidable in a vehicle-mounted track · CPC title