Four-point seatbelt device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9669796-B2
Application number	US-201615205434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2016
Priority date	Jul 28, 2015
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

In a four-point seatbelt device including a three-point seatbelt and an automatic belt, the automatic belt is actuated to dispose an anchor at a standby position after the three-point seatbelt has been placed over an occupant. During this operation, the anchor is disposed further to a rear side than a field of vision of the occupant facing toward a front side, for example, and a second webbing is placed in standby in an unrestrained state with respect to the occupant. Moreover, in a case in which a vehicle collision has been predicted by a PCS control section, the automatic belt is actuated to place the second webbing over the occupant automatically.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A four-point seatbelt device comprising:
a three-point seatbelt including a first webbing that is placed over an occupant seated in a seat of a vehicle so as to restrain the shoulder on a vehicle width direction central side of the occupant and to restrain the waist of the occupant; and
a two-point automatic seatbelt including:
a second webbing that on actuation is placed over the occupant and restrains the shoulder on a vehicle width direction outside of the occupant,
a retractor that is provided at the vehicle width direction central side of the seat, a leading end portion of the second webbing extending out from the retractor,
an anchor that is provided, at a guide rail extending in a vehicle front-rear direction along a roof side rail at the vehicle width direction outside of the seat, so as to be capable of moving through a slider, the leading end portion of the second webbing being fixed to the anchor,
a drive motor that is coupled to the slider and that is actuated to move the slider and the anchor along the guide rail, and
a controller that is electrically connected to a collision prediction sensor and that controls actuation of the drive motor, wherein:

in a state prior to actuation of the two-point automatic seatbelt, the anchor is disposed at an initial position that allows the occupant to sit down in the seat,
after the first webbing has been placed over the occupant, the drive motor is actuated to move the anchor to a standby position that is at a vehicle rear side of the initial position and that is a position partway along the guide rail, and the second webbing is placed in standby in an unrestrained state of the occupant at the standby position, and
in a case in which the controller has predicted a vehicle collision based on a signal output from the collision prediction sensor, the drive motor is actuated to move the anchor from the standby position toward the vehicle rear side, and the second webbing is placed over the occupant.

2. The four-point seatbelt device of claim 1 , wherein:
a rear end portion of the guide rail is bent toward a vehicle lower side following a center pillar of the vehicle; and
in a case in which the controller has predicted a vehicle collision, the drive motor is actuated to dispose the slider at the rear end portion of the guide rail from the standby position.

3. The four-point seatbelt device of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller is electrically connected to a direction indicator of the vehicle; and
in a case in which the controller has detected actuation of the direction indicator, the drive motor is actuated to move the anchor from the standby position toward the vehicle rear side.

4. The four-point seatbelt device of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller is electrically connected to a brake pedal sensor or an acceleration sensor of the vehicle; and
in a case in which the controller has detected a sudden deceleration of the vehicle based on a signal output from the brake pedal sensor or from the acceleration sensor to the controller, the drive motor is actuated to move the anchor from the standby position toward the vehicle rear side.

5. The four-point seatbelt device of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller is electrically connected to a vehicle stability control device that suppresses lateral sliding of the vehicle; and
in a case in which the controller has detected actuation of the vehicle stability control device, the drive motor is actuated to move the anchor from the standby position toward the vehicle rear side.

6. The four-point seatbelt device of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller is electrically connected to at least one of a yaw sensor or a rollover detection sensor of the vehicle; and
in a case in which the controller has detected a sudden turn or a rollover of the vehicle based on a signal output from the yaw sensor or from the rollover detection sensor to the controller, the drive motor is actuated to move the anchor from the standby position toward the vehicle rear side.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohno Mitsuyoshi
• Nezaki Takuya

Classifications

• B60R22/06 Primary

  having the belt or harness connected to a member slidable in a vehicle-mounted track · CPC title

• B60R2022/263

  Front seats · CPC title

• B60R22/023

  Three-point seat belt systems comprising two side lower and one side upper anchoring devices (B60R22/022, B60R22/03 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60R22/48

  Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness · CPC title

• B60R2022/027

  Four-point seat belt systems, e.g. with the two upper points connected together · CPC title