Seat belt device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11230257-B2
Application number	US-202017082388-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2020
Priority date	Dec 27, 2019
Publication date	Jan 25, 2022
Grant date	Jan 25, 2022

Abstract

A seat belt device includes a webbing and a tongue. The webbing includes a lap belt and a shoulder belt. At least a portion of the lap belt is configured to be disposed to extend in a vehicle-width direction along a front of an abdomen of an occupant. At least a portion of the shoulder belt is configured to be disposed obliquely along a front of a chest of the occupant. The tongue is provided between the lap belt and the shoulder belt of the webbing and is configured to be coupled to a vehicle body when the tongue is to be mounted. The tongue rotates in accordance with a collision or a warning of the collision of a vehicle in a direction in which the shoulder belt is twisted with respect to the vehicle body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seat belt device comprising:
a webbing comprising a lap belt and a shoulder belt, at least a portion of the lap belt being configured to be disposed to extend in a vehicle-width direction along a front of an abdomen of an occupant, at least a portion of the shoulder belt being configured to be disposed obliquely along a front of a chest of the occupant; and
a tongue provided between the lap belt and the shoulder belt of the webbing and configured to be coupled to a vehicle body when the tongue is mounted,
wherein the tongue rotates in accordance with a collision or a warning of the collision of a vehicle in a direction in which the shoulder belt is twisted with respect to the vehicle body.

2. The seat belt device according to claim 1 , wherein a center axis when the tongue rotates is disposed closer to an upper edge of the shoulder belt than to a lower edge of the shoulder belt in a vicinity of the tongue.

3. The seat belt device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a tongue rotation mechanism configured to convert a tension that is generated in the webbing into a rotation force that rotates the tongue.

4. The seat belt device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a tongue rotation mechanism configured to rotate the tongue by using an actuator, and
a controller configured to operate the actuator in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

5. The seat belt device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rotation lock mechanism configured to restrict a rotation of the tongue at a time of ordinary use and to allow a rotation of the tongue in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

6. The seat belt device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a tongue upward-movement mechanism configured to move the tongue upward with respect to the vehicle body in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

7. The seat belt device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a tongue downward-movement mechanism configured to move the tongue downward with respect to the vehicle body in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

8. The seat belt device according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue is a locking tongue configured to reduce a movement of the webbing toward a side of the shoulder belt and a side of the lap belt in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

9. The seat belt device according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue rotates in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle in a direction in which a lower edge of the shoulder belt retreats with respect to an upper edge of the shoulder belt in relation to a time of ordinary use.

10. The seat belt device according to claim 9 , wherein a center axis when the tongue rotates is disposed closer to an upper edge of the shoulder belt than to a lower edge of the shoulder belt in a vicinity of the tongue.

11. The seat belt device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a tongue rotation mechanism configured to convert a tension that is generated in the webbing into a rotation force that rotates the tongue.

12. The seat belt device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a tongue rotation mechanism configured to rotate the tongue by using an actuator, and
a controller configured to operate the actuator in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

13. The seat belt device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a rotation lock mechanism configured to restrict a rotation of the tongue at a time of ordinary use and to allow a rotation of the tongue in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

14. The seat belt device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a tongue upward-movement mechanism configured to move the tongue upward with respect to the vehicle body in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

15. The seat belt device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a tongue downward-movement mechanism configured to move the tongue downward with respect to the vehicle body in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

16. The seat belt device according to claim 9 , wherein the tongue is a locking tongue configured to reduce a movement of the webbing toward a side of the shoulder belt and a side of the lap belt in accordance with the collision or the warning of the collision of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Nagasawa Isamu

Classifications

• B60R21/013

  including means for detecting collisions, impending collisions or roll-over · CPC title

• B60R21/01546 Primary

  using belt buckle sensors · CPC title

• B60R22/42

  having means for acting directly upon the belt, e.g. by clamping or friction {(not combined with the retractor B60R22/185)} · CPC title

• B60R2022/1818

  Belt guides · CPC title

• B60R2022/1812

  Connections between seat belt and buckle tongue · CPC title