Belt buckle arrangement with a belt buckle pivotably mounted on a holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9469273-B2
Application number	US-201514815041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2015
Priority date	Aug 1, 2014
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

A belt buckle arrangement for a seat belt system includes a belt buckle ( 1 ) with a spring-loaded locking mechanism for locking a belt tongue in a buckle housing ( 2 ). A spring-loaded push button ( 3 ) is displaceably guided on the buckle housing ( 2 ) for acting on the locking mechanism. A belt buckle status sensor ( 4 ) is connected with a data cable ( 5 ) directed out from the belt buckle ( 1 ). The buckle housing ( 2 ) is pivotably connected with a holder ( 6 ). Pivoting of the belt buckle ( 1 ) to the holder ( 6 ) is delimited by a stop ( 8 ) on the holder ( 6 ) abutting a stop surface ( 7 ) on the belt buckle ( 1 ). A sound-absorbing element ( 9 ) between the stop ( 8 ) and the stop surface ( 7 ) has a guide section ( 10 ) ensuring that the data cable ( 5 ) in the belt buckle ( 1 ) does not come in contact with the holder ( 6 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A belt buckle arrangement for a seat belt system, comprising a belt buckle with a spring-loaded locking mechanism for locking a belt tongue inserted into a buckle housing, and with a push button displaceably guided under spring action on the buckle housing for acting on the locking mechanism, and with a sensor detecting a status of the belt buckle, the sensor being connected with a data cable directed out from the belt buckle,
wherein the buckle housing is pivotably connected with a holder connectable to the vehicle, thereby being capable of making a pivoting movement,
wherein the pivoting movement of the belt buckle to the holder is delimited by a stop constructed on the holder and coming into abutment with a stop surface on the belt buckle, and
wherein a sound-absorbing element is arranged between the stop and the stop surface, the sound-absorbing element having a guide section positioned in a location where the guide section blocks the data cable in the belt buckle from moving into a position, in which the data cable may come into contact with the holder along the pivoting movement of the holder.

2. The belt buckle arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the buckle housing is pivotably connected with the holder via a clamp surrounding a pin arranged in the holder, the clamp being securely connected with the buckle housing.

3. The belt buckle arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the clamp is narrower in a clamp portion within the holder than in a clamp portion situated in the buckle housing, so that the stop surface, with which the stop of the holder comes into abutment, is located on the clamp portion situated in the buckle housing.

4. The belt buckle arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the sound-absorbing element is connected in a force-fitting manner or in a form-fitting manner with one of the buckle housing and the clamp.

5. The belt buckle arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the guide section at least partially surrounds the holder in the region of the stop surface, preventing a contact between data cable and holder, and/or that the data cable cannot arrive between stop and stop surface.

6. The belt buckle arrangement claim 5 , wherein the guide section prevents the data cable from moving into any location between the stop and the stop surface.

7. The belt buckle arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the stop surface is a first stop surface and a second stop surface is arranged on the belt buckle, wherein the stop of the holder is a first stop and the holder has a second stop, each of the first and second stops abutting one of the first and second stop surfaces, wherein the holder is U-shaped with two side walls, each of the two side walls respectively forming one of the first and second stops.

8. The belt buckle arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the guide section is also constructed in a U-shape with U-arms surrounding one of the two side walls of the U-shaped holder, wherein the data cable is guided around the U-arms.

Assignees

• Autoliv Dev

Inventors

• Carlsson Göran
• Jansson Mikael

Classifications

• B60R2022/281

  for buckles · CPC title

• A44B11/2507

  actuated by a push-button · CPC title

• B60R22/28

  incorporating energy-absorbing devices {(belt anchors provided with energy-absorbing means for protecting the occupants in case of physical contact therewith B60R21/055; belt retractors comprising energy-absorbing means B60R22/341, B60R22/4676)} · CPC title

• A44B11/2561

  Tongue elements · CPC title

• B60R2022/1806

  for buckles · CPC title