Height adjuster for a fastening fitting of a safety belt system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9027964-B2
Application number	US-201214005005-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2012
Priority date	Mar 16, 2011
Publication date	May 12, 2015
Grant date	May 12, 2015

Abstract

A height adjuster ( 1 ) for a bracket of a safety belt for a motor vehicle includes a profiled rail ( 2 ) a base ( 22 ) and side walls ( 11, 12 ), wherein in at least one side wall ( 11, 12 ) a latching contour ( 14, 15 ) is provided, a sliding member ( 16 ) which can be displaced along the profiled rail ( 2 ) and includes a latching means for latching the sliding member ( 16 ) in the latching contour ( 14, 15 ), and a control element ( 3 ) for releasing the latching means. At least one recess ( 21 ) is provided at a side edge of the sliding member ( 16 ) and the latching means is formed by at least one latching element ( 4, 5 ) located in the recess ( 21 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A height adjuster for a bracket of a safety belt for a motor vehicle comprising:
a profiled rail forming a base and a pair of side walls, wherein a latching contour is provided in at least one side wall of the pair of side walls,
a sliding member which can be displaced along the profiled rail and having a latching means for latching the sliding member in the latching contour,
a control element for releasing the latching means,
at least one recess provided at a side edge of the sliding member, and
the latching means includes at least one latching element which is located in the at least one recess;
wherein, in the region of the at least one recess, the sliding member is plate-shaped having a thickness D 1 , and the latching element is plate-shaped having a thickness D 2 which is equal to or less than the thickness D 1 ;
wherein the at least one latching element is pre-loaded in a latching direction by a spring;
wherein the spring is in the form of a torsion spring or a leg spring with at least one radially projecting leg, wherein the torsion spring or the leg spring with at least one leg abuts against the at least one latching element.

2. A height adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the latching element is pivot-mounted in the at least one recess.

3. A height adjuster according to claim 2 , wherein the latching element forms a pivot tab, and the at least one recess forms a constricted bearing, and the latching element is pivot-mounted in the bearing by the pivot tab.

4. A height adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the control element abuts against the at least one latching element with a projection, and upon actuation pushes the at least one latching element into the recess by the projection.

5. A height adjuster according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one latching element at an outer surface forms a contact surface which has an inclined orientation with respect to a displacing direction of the control element and against which the control element abuts with the projection during displacement of the control element relative to the sliding member.

6. A height adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the control element is located between the base of the profiled rail and the sliding member.

7. A height adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the control element and the sliding member are located between the base of the profiled rail and a guide member which is displaceably guided along the profiled rail.

8. A height adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the at least one latching element in a latching position abuts against an edge of the recess in a force-transmitting manner.

9. A height adjuster according to claim 1 wherein in each of the pair of side walls a respective latching contour is provided, at each of the two of the side edges of the sliding member at least two of the recesses are provided, and the latching means for latching of the two side edges of the sliding member is formed by at least two latching elements located in at least two of the recesses.

10. A height adjuster according to claim 1 wherein the torsion spring or the leg spring has two radially projecting legs.

Assignees

• Neero Peter
• Kees Aivo
• Melnikova Larissa
• Autoliv Dev

Inventors

• Neero Peter
• Kees Aivo
• Melnikova Larissa

Classifications

• B60R22/203 Primary

  the locking means being movably mounted on the slider · CPC title

• B60R22/202 Primary

  the slider comprising spring-actuated locking means (B60R22/205 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R22/20

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

• B60R22/24 Primary

  secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle · CPC title