Seat belt installation structure of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9815432-B2
Application number	US-201514669703-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A seat belt installation structure of a vehicle may include a seat which has a seat cushion and a seat back, and on which occupants can be seated alongside in a vehicle width direction. The seat belt installation structure may also include a three point seat belt device provided with a retractor that can wind a webbing, a through anchor that guides a shoulder belt part and a supporting part that supports a lap belt part. In the three point seat belt device, a through anchor for at least a first seat out of a plurality of seats adjacent to one another in the vehicle width direction may be attached to a headrest for a second seat located next to the first seat or a fixing part that fixes the headrest for the second seat.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seat belt installation structure of a vehicle, the seat belt installation structure comprising:
a seat comprising a seat cushion and a seat back, on which an occupant can be seated in a vehicle width direction;
a three point seat belt device comprising:
a retractor supported by a body of the vehicle and configured to wind a webbing;
a through anchor disposed above the seat back, the through anchor configured to guide a shoulder belt part configured to restrain a shoulder of the occupant out of the webbing pulled out of the retractor when the webbing configured to restrain the body of the occupant on the seat is worn; and
supporting parts disposed on both sides of a position of a loin of the occupant on the seat cushion, the supporting parts configured to support a lap belt part configured to restrain the loin of the occupant out of the webbing pulled out of the retractor when the webbing is worn; and

a roll bar,
wherein the roll bar includes
right and left center side parts extending in a vertical direction of the vehicle,
a center upper roll bar that extends in the vehicle width direction and disposed between the right and left center side parts, and
an inclined center cross roll bar that extends in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle;

a bracket fixed to the inclined center cross roll bar; and
a headrest fixed to the bracket,
wherein the bracket includes a mounting part, and
wherein in the three point seat belt device, a through anchor for at least a first seat out of a plurality of seats adjacent to one another in the vehicle width direction is attached directly to the mounting part of the bracket.

2. A seat belt installation structure of a vehicle, the seat belt installation structure comprising:
a seat comprising a seat cushion and a seat back, on which an occupant can be seated in a vehicle width direction;
a three point seat belt device comprising:
a retractor supported by a body of the vehicle and configured to wind a webbing;
a through anchor disposed above the seat back, the through anchor configured to guide a shoulder belt part configured to restrain a shoulder of the occupant out of the webbing pulled out of the retractor when the webbing configured to restrain the body of the occupant on the seat is worn; and
supporting parts disposed on both sides of a position of a loin of the occupant on the seat cushion, the supporting parts configured to support a lap belt part configured to restrain the loin of the occupant out of the webbing pulled out of the retractor when the webbing is worn;

a roll bar,
wherein the roll bar includes
right and left center side parts extending in a vertical direction of the vehicle,
a center upper roll bar that extends in the vehicle width direction and disposed between the right and left center side parts, and
an inclined center cross roll bar that extends in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle;

a bracket fixed to the inclined center cross roll bar; and
a headrest fixed to the bracket,
wherein the bracket includes a mounting part,
wherein the headrest is fixed separately from the seat back, and
in the three point seat belt device, the through anchor is attached directly to the mounting part of the bracket.

3. The seat belt installation structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
in the seat, the headrest is fixed to the body of the vehicle separately from the seat back.

4. The seat belt installation structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of seats adjacent to one another in the vehicle width direction comprises backrests that are integrally molded to be the seat back.

5. The seat belt installation structure of the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the seat cushion and the seat back are respectively integrally molded into the seat for at least three occupants in the vehicle width direction;
the seat cushion is fixed to a lower part of the body of the vehicle;
the seat back is fixed to an upper part of the body of the vehicle; and
in the three point seat belt device, through anchors for two occupants on both sides in the vehicle width direction are attached to vertically extended parts vertically extending outside in the vehicle height direction in the upper part of the body of the vehicle.

6. A seat belt installation structure of a vehicle, the seat belt installation structure comprising:
a seat means, comprising a seat cushion and a seat back, for seating an occupant in a vehicle width direction;
a three point seat belt means comprising:
a retractor means supported by a body of the vehicle for winding a webbing;
a through anchor means, disposed above the seat back, for guiding a shoulder belt part configured to restrain a shoulder of the occupant out of the webbing pulled out of the retractor means when the webbing configured to restrain the body of the occupant on the seat is worn; and
supporting means, disposed on both sides of a position of a loin of the occupant on the seat cushion, for supporting a lap belt part configured to restrain the loin of the occupant out of the webbing pulled out of the retractor means when the webbing is worn;

roll bar means,
wherein the roll bar means includes
right and left center side parts means extending in a vertical direction of the vehicle,
center upper roll bar means that extends in the vehicle width direction and disposed between the right and left center side parts means, and
inclined center cross roll bar means that extends in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle;

bracket means fixed to the inclined center cross roll bar means; and
headrest means fixed to the bracket means,
wherein the bracket means includes a mounting part, and
wherein in the three point seat belt means, through anchor means for at least a first seat out of a plurality of seats adjacent to one another in the vehicle width direction is attached directly to the mounting part of the bracket means.

7. A seat belt installation structure of a vehicle, the seat belt installation structure comprising:
a seat means, comprising a seat cushion and a seat back, for seating an occupant in a vehicle width direction;
a three point seat belt means comprising:
a retractor means, supported by a body of the vehicle, for and winding a webbing;
a through anchor means, disposed above the seat back, for guiding a shoulder belt part configured to restrain a shoulder of the occupant out of the webbing pulled out of the retractor means when the webbing that can restrain the body of the occupant on the seat is worn; and
supporting means, disposed on both sides of a position of a loin of the occupant on the seat cushion, for supporting a lap belt part configured to restrain the loin of the occupant out of the webbing pulled out of the retractor means when the webbing is worn;

roll bar means,
wherein the roll bar means includes
right and left center side parts means extending in a vertical direction of the vehicle,
center upper roll bar means that extends in the vehicle width direction and disposed between the right and left center side parts means, and
inclined center cross roll bar means that extends in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle;

bracket means fixed to the inclined center cross roll bar means; and
headrest means fixed to the bracket means,
wherein the bracket means includes a mounting part,
wherein the headrest means is fixed separately from the seat back, and
in the three point seat belt means, the through anchor means is directly attached to the mounting part of the bracket means.

8. The seat belt installation structure of the vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein:
in the seat means, the headrest is fixed to th

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kuroda Kosuke
• Nozawa Hironori
• Tomiyama Jun

Classifications

• 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

• B60R22/26 Primary

  secured to the seat · CPC title