Motor vehicle with foldable backseat and safety belt assigned to the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9643567-B2
Application number	US-201514711374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2015
Priority date	May 24, 2014
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A backrest for a back seat of a motor vehicle is pivotable between a usage and folded position. A lateral part is arranged next to the backrest in usage position and forms a gap therebetween. A safety belt adjacent to the gap rests on a contact surface of the lateral part. A guide element is arranged in the gap and mounted in the lateral part for moving from an operative position partially projecting out of the gap and too a non-operative position completely retracted in the gap and vice versa. The guide element projects over the contact surface in the operative position. The guide element is moved from the operative position into the non-operative position against a spring force when the backrest pivots into the usage position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A back seat assembly for motor vehicle comprising:
a backrest configured to pivot out of a usage position into a folded position;
a stationary lateral part arranged next to the backrest when in the usage position such that a gap is formed in the region of an end of the backrest facing away from the pivot axis of the backrest, the lateral part having a contact surface;
a safety belt adjacent to the gap configured to rest on the contact surface; and
a guide element arranged in the gap and positionable from an operative position partly projecting out of the gap and over the contact surface to a non-operative position completely retracted into the gap, wherein the guide element is moved against a biasing force by the backrest pivoting into the usage position from the operative position into the non-operative position.

2. The back seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the guide element comprises a plate-shaped element.

3. The back seat assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the guide element is arranged in a plane parallel to the gap perpendicularly to a pivot axis of the backrest.

4. The back seat assembly according claim 1 , further comprising attachment connected to the guide element, wherein the backrest contacts the attachment and moves the guide element into the non-operative position upon pivoting into the usage position.

5. The back seat assembly according claim 1 , further comprising a spring configured to generate the biasing force.

6. The back seat assembly according claim 5 , wherein the spring comprises a coil spring.

7. The back seat assembly according claim 5 , wherein the spring comprises a helical tension spring.

8. The back seat assembly according claim 1 , wherein the guide element is shiftably mounted in the lateral part.

9. The back seat assembly according claim 8 , wherein the guide element is linearly shiftably in the lateral part.

10. The back seat assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the guide element is pivotably mounted in the lateral part.

11. The back seat assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral part comprises a passage opening for the safety belt formed therein such that the contact surface follows the passage opening in the direction of a belt buckle of the safety belt, which has a downward slope when facing away from the passage opening.

12. The back seat assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the guide element comprises a plate face end facing the upper end of the gap in the non-operative position, the pate face end having a contour which corresponds to the contour of the contact surface in a region adjacent to the guide element.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Stein Martin

Classifications

• B60R2022/266

  Rear seats, e.g. benches · CPC title

• B60R2022/1818

  Belt guides · CPC title

• B60R22/00

  Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles (safety belts or body harnesses in general A62B35/00) · CPC title

• B60N2/36 Primary

  into a loading platform {(B60N2/065 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60R22/02

  Semi-passive restraint systems, e.g. systems applied or removed automatically but not both {; Manual restraint systems (knee, leg or head belts B60R22/001; devices for releasing in an emergency, remote or automatic unbuckling devices B60R22/32)} · CPC title