Chair including seat belt device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025289392-A1
Application number	US-202418964058-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 29, 2024
Priority date	Mar 18, 2024
Publication date	Sep 18, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A seat belt device may be coupled to a frame of a chair. The seat belt device may include: a main body including a first gear and a second gear engaged with each other, a belt including a waist belt portion wound around the first gear and a shoulder belt portion extending from the waist belt portion and wound around the second gear, and a slider to which the belt is connected and slidably coupled to a portion of the frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A device comprising:
a frame configured to be coupled to a seat; and a seat belt device coupled to the frame, wherein the seat belt device comprises:
a main body comprising a first gear and a second gear engaged with each other;
a belt comprising a waist belt portion wound around a first protrusion of the first gear and a shoulder belt portion extending from the waist belt portion and wound around a second protrusion of the second gear; and
a slider, to which the belt is connected, slidably coupled to a portion of the frame.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein:
the frame comprises a backrest frame configured to support a backrest of the seat, the backrest frame comprises a plate portion and a frame portion surrounding an edge of the plate portion, and the slider is slidably coupled to the frame portion and is configured to move in a vertical direction along the frame portion.

3 . The device of claim 2 , wherein:
the main body further comprises:
a bracket to which the first gear and the second gear are rotatably coupled, and
a spring connecting the first gear and the bracket, and
the spring is configured to apply a rotational restoring force to the first gear to cause the first gear to rotate, with respect to the bracket, in a direction in which the waist belt portion is wound.

4 . The device of claim 3 , wherein:
a first end of the spring is coupled to the first gear and a second end, opposite to the first end, of the spring is coupled to the bracket so that, based on the first gear rotating in a first direction with respect to the bracket, the spring is elastically deformed, which generates a rotational restoring force to the first gear in a direction opposite to the first direction.

5 . The device of claim 3 , wherein:
the main body further comprises: a third gear and a fourth gear engaged with each other and positioned in a horizontal direction relative to the first gear and the second gear; the seat belt device further comprises a second belt comprising a second waist belt portion wound around a third protrusion from the third gear and a second shoulder belt portion extending from the second waist belt portion and wound around a fourth protrusion from the fourth gear; and the slider comprises a first slider connected to the belt and a second slider connected to the second belt.

6 . The device of claim 5 , wherein:
the seat belt device further comprises an elastic band connecting the first slider and the second slider, and the elastic band is configured to generate an elastic force in a direction in which the first slider and the second slider are configured approach each other if sliding along the frame.

7 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the rotational restoring force applied to the first gear by the spring is sufficient to counteract the elastic force applied by the elastic band to the first slider and the second slider.

8 . The device of claim 6 , wherein:
the frame portion of the backrest frame comprises:
a first portion extending in the vertical direction and movably coupled to the first slider and a second portion extending in the vertical direction and movably coupled to the second slider, wherein a gap between the first portion and the second portion narrows in an upward direction.

9 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the elastic force of the elastic band is configured to cause the first slider and the second slider to move upward along the first portion and the second portion, respectively.

10 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the frame portion comprises:
an upper stopper configured to limit upward movement of the slider, and a lower stopper configured to limit downward movement of the slider.

11 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the seat belt device is configured to adopt an unfastened state in which the slider is in contact with the lower stopper and a fastened state in which, based on a withdrawal force of drawing out the belt, the slider is in contact with the upper stopper.

12 . The device of claim 11 , wherein, in the unfastened state:
the rotational restoring force of the spring causes tension to be applied to the shoulder belt portion in a direction in which the shoulder belt portion is wound around the second gear, no withdrawal force sufficient to overcome the tension is applied, and the tension causes the slider to be in contact with the lower stopper.

13 . The device of claim 11 , wherein:
the seat belt device is configured to transition, based on the withdrawal force being sufficient to counteract the rotational restoring force of the spring, from the unfastened state to the fastened state, and in the fastened state, the elastic force of the elastic band causes the slider to be in contact with the upper stopper.

14 . The device of claim 5 , wherein
a clip is connected to the belt, and a buckle, to which the clip is configured to be fastened, is connected to the second belt.

15 . The device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first gear and the second gear are configured to rotate in opposite directions, and the waist belt portion and the shoulder belt portion are respectively wound around the first protrusion of the first gear and the second protrusion of the second gear such that the waist belt portion and the shoulder belt portion are configured to, based on rotation of the first gear and the second gear, be simultaneously wound or simultaneously unwound.

16 . The device of claim 1 , wherein:
a radius of the first gear is greater than a radius of the second gear, and a radius of the waist belt portion wound around the first protrusion of the first gear is smaller than a radius of the shoulder belt portion wound around the second protrusion of the second gear.

17 . The device of claim 1 , wherein:
the shoulder belt portion is configured to be unwound from the second gear in conjunction with the waist belt portion being unwound from the first gear, and the slider is configured to, by moving along the frame, move the shoulder belt portion to a wearing position.

18 . The device of claim 1 , wherein:
the frame comprises a backrest frame configured to support a backrest of the seat, the backrest frame comprises a plate portion and a frame portion surrounding an edge of the plate portion, and the plate portion comprises a guide rail on which the slider is slidably coupled.

19 . A mobility device comprising:
a body; and the device according to claim 1 installed inside of the body.

20 . A seat belt device comprising:
a main body comprising a first gear and a second gear engaged with each other; a belt comprising a waist belt portion wound around a first protrusion of the first gear and a shoulder belt portion extending from the waist belt portion and wound around a second protrusion of the second gear; and a slider, to which the belt is connected, slidably coupled to a guide rail, wherein the shoulder belt portion is configured to be unwound from the second protrusion of the second gear in conjunction with the waist belt portion being unwound from the first protrusion of the first gear, and the slider is configured to, by moving along the guide rail, move the shoulder belt portion to a wearing position.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp
• Hyundai Transys Inc

Inventors

• Hong Suk Won
• Kim Mu Young
• Lee Sang Hyun
• Kim Gil Ju
• Park Sang Do
• Nam Ga Be
• Lee Hyun Ji
• Kim Hyung Rae
• Yoo Jeong Yong
• Park Gyung Do
• Kim Dong Hwan

Classifications

• B60R2022/1818

  Belt guides · CPC title

• B64D11/062

  Belts or other passenger restraint means for passenger seats · CPC title

• B60R22/34

  Belt retractors, e.g. reels (anchoring devices {, e.g. guide loops} , with means to tension the belt in an emergency B60R22/195) · CPC title

• B60R22/12

  Construction of belts or harnesses (B60R21/18 takes precedence {; woven fabrics for safety belts D03D1/0005}) · CPC title

• B60R22/26

  secured to the seat · CPC title