Wheelchair occupant restraint device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11420588-B2
Application number	US-202016854259-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2020
Priority date	Jul 4, 2019
Publication date	Aug 23, 2022
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022

Abstract

A wheelchair occupant restraint device includes: a wheelchair retractor which is disposed in a vehicle cabin, and around which one end portion of a wheelchair belt member is wound; a wheelchair buckle which is disposed on the opposite side of a securing space for a wheelchair from the wheelchair retractor, and on which a wheelchair tongue plate attached to the other end portion of the wheelchair belt member is able to be mounted; an occupant retractor which is disposed on the opposite side of the securing space from the wheelchair retractor, and around which one end portion of an occupant belt member is wound; and an occupant buckle which is disposed on the opposite side of the securing space from the occupant retractor, and on which an occupant tongue plate attached to the other end portion of the occupant belt member is able to be mounted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wheelchair occupant restraint device comprising:
a wheelchair retractor which is disposed on one side of a securing space for a wheelchair in a vehicle cabin, and around which one end portion of a wheelchair belt member is wound so as to be pulled out;
a wheelchair buckle which is disposed on an opposite side of the securing space from the wheelchair retractor, and on which a wheelchair tongue plate attached to an other end portion of the wheelchair belt member is able to be mounted;
an occupant retractor which is disposed on the opposite side of the securing space from the wheelchair retractor, and around which one end portion of an occupant belt member is wound so as to be pulled out; and
an occupant buckle which is disposed on an opposite side of the securing space from the occupant retractor, and on which an occupant tongue plate attached to the other end portion of the occupant belt member is able to be mounted.

2. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 1 , wherein the occupant retractor and the wheelchair buckle are disposed at different heights in a vehicle up-down direction.

3. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 1 , wherein the occupant retractor and the wheelchair buckle are disposed at different positions with respect to the securing space.

4. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a buckle sensor configured to detect that the wheelchair tongue plate is mounted on the wheelchair buckle; and
a locking mechanism configured to lock and unlock pulling-out of the occupant belt member from the occupant retractor,
wherein, in a case where the buckle sensor detects that the wheelchair tongue plate is mounted on the wheelchair buckle, the occupant belt member is able to be pulled out by the locking mechanism.

5. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 4 , wherein the locking mechanism is configured to electrically switch between locking and unlocking of the occupant belt member.

6. The wheelchair occupant restraint device of claim 5 , further comprising an acceleration sensor configured to electrically detect an acceleration acting on a vehicle,
wherein the occupant retractor is configured to lock the pulling-out of the occupant belt member in at least one of a case where the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor is equal to or more than a predetermined value, and a case where an angle of the vehicle with respect to a horizontal is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

7. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 1 , wherein the wheelchair retractor and the occupant retractor are disposed on a standing member standing in the vehicle cabin at a height configured to be within a reaching distance of a hand of an occupant seated in the wheelchair.

8. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 1 , wherein the occupant retractor is disposed on the opposite side of the securing space in a right-left direction from the wheelchair retractor.

9. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 2 , wherein the occupant retractor is disposed above the wheelchair buckle in the vehicle up-down direction.

10. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 3 , wherein the occupant retractor is disposed at a position farther from the securing space than the wheelchair buckle.

11. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 3 , wherein the occupant buckle is disposed at a position farther from the securing space than the wheelchair retractor.

12. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 7 , wherein the wheelchair buckle and the occupant buckle are configured to be within the reaching distance of the hand of the occupant seated in the wheelchair.

13. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 1 , wherein a mark imitating a wheelchair is drawn on one surface of the wheelchair belt member.

14. The wheelchair occupant restraint device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a central processing unit configured to determine whether the buckle sensor is OFF, in a case where the central processing unit determines that the buckle sensor is OFF, the central processing unit causes the locking mechanism to lock the pulling-out of the occupant belt member.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sekizuka Makoto
• Ohno Mitsuyoshi

Classifications

• B60R22/41

  with additional means for preventing locking {during unwinding} under predetermined conditions · CPC title

• B60R22/46

  {Reels} with means to tension the belt in an emergency {by forced winding up}(electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01 {; tensioners using reels only guiding the belt during normal use, e.g. splitted reels B60R22/195}) · CPC title

• B60R21/0132

  responsive to vehicle motion parameters {, e.g. to vehicle longitudinal or transversal deceleration or speed value} · CPC title

• A61F5/3792

  to chairs, e.g. wheelchairs (A61F5/3784 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R22/343 Primary

  with electrically actuated locking means {(B60R22/3405 takes precedence)} · CPC title