Shoulder Belt Or Harness Patents (Class 280/808)
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Patent number: 12179691Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle seat having a first side and a second side spaced cross-seat from each other. A seatbelt buckle is fixed to the first side. A seatbelt assembly includes a latch plate engageable with the seatbelt buckle and a webbing having a lap portion defined by the latch plate when the latch plate is engaged with the seatbelt buckle. A hook is retractably supported by the second side of the vehicle seat. The hook is retractable relative to the vehicle seat from a first position to a retracted position. The hook is engageable with the lap portion of the webbing as the hook retracts. A lock includes a pin engageable with the hook when the hook is in the first position and the retracted position. A spring biases the pin toward the hook. A pyrotechnic device is operatively coupled to the lock to disengage the pin from the hook.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Murugan Sundaram Ramasamy, Mangesh Kadam, Srinivas Reddy Malapati
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Patent number: 12162426Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body. The vehicle includes a first track and a second track supported by the vehicle body. The first track and the second track are elongated along a longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes a third track and a fourth track supported by the vehicle body. The third track and the fourth track are elongated along a vertical axis. The vehicle includes a harness having a first webbing movable along the first track, a second webbing movable along the second track, a third webbing movable along the third track, and a fourth webbing movable along the fourth track.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Patent number: 12128851Abstract: A motor vehicle (1) has a driver's seat (8) which is assigned a safety belt (20) for a driver. The safety belt (20) here is held on a pivotable bracket (13). This bracket (13) is pivotable between a releasing position, which permits entry, and a restraining position, which protects the driver. The bracket (13) here is disposed in such a manner that said bracket (13) in the releasing position holds the safety belt (20) in a position in which the latter impedes the driver. In order to avoid any impediment of the driver in the restraining position of the bracket (13), the bracket (13) above the driver's seat is elbowed away from the latter.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: HSM GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Kai Neubauer
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Patent number: 12060033Abstract: A restraint positioning system includes a first rail that extends along a first axis, and a first bracket that is coupled to the first rail such that the first bracket is selectively positionable along the first rail, the first bracket configured for attachment of an anchor thereto. The restraint positioning system also includes a second rail that extends along a second axis, and a second bracket that is coupled to the second rail such that the second bracket is selectively positionable along the second rail, the second bracket configured for attachment of an anchor thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Philipp Charopoulos, Lukas Satas, John J. Baker, Jonathon R. Folks, Andrew W. Kooker
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Patent number: 12049188Abstract: A vehicle structure with an anchor unit includes a floor panel, a left anchor member and a right anchor member. The floor panel is disposed below a rear seat. The left anchor member and the right anchor member are connected to the floor panel by a left anchor attachment portion and a right anchor attachment portion. The floor panel has a left raised sidewall and a right raised sidewall extending in an upward/downward direction, and the left anchor attachment portion and the right anchor attachment portion are provided on the left raised sidewall and the right raised sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Hayakawa, Kazuma Sasaki, Hiroshi Takagi
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Patent number: 12036945Abstract: A retainer apparatus for resisting twisting of a seatbelt near the tongue of the seatbelt includes a pair of sleeves interconnected by a connecting strap. Each sleeve has a channel for receiving a webbing of a seatbelt such that a tongue of the seatbelt is positioned between the sleeves. The retainer apparatus is resiliently flexible such that the retainer apparatus resists twisting around a vertical axis extending through the retainer apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Inventor: Justin Page
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Patent number: 11987204Abstract: A deflection device for a seatbelt system in a vehicle including a deflection fitting which includes a guide gap through which a webbing can be guided. The guide gap has a bearing surface for the webbing and is provided, at least on the bearing surface, with a friction-reducing slide coating formed of an epoxy resin powder paint.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBHInventors: Thomas Benz, Markus Sorg, Edgar Schneider
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Patent number: 11970130Abstract: Disclosed are a pillar anchor for an automobile and a method of manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the pillar anchor for an automobile includes a pair of first and second anchor plates including metal, integrated in one body, and guiding a movement of a seat belt of a vehicle, wherein each of the first and second anchor plates includes a belt movement guide recess portion protruding toward one side of the first and second anchor plates through drawing processing, and guiding the movement of the seat belt, and a reinforcement flange formed at edge portions of the first and second anchor plates to reinforce the first and second anchor plates.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: KUMTOIL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Jin Hee Kang
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Patent number: 11872953Abstract: A motor vehicle (1) has a seat (7), a seatbelt (8), a deflector (5), longitudinal and vertical guide rails (2, 4), and first and second guide elements (3, 9). The seatbelt (8) is configured to secure a person seated in the seat (7) and is deflected by the deflector (5). The first guide element (3) is guided displaceably in a longitudinal direction (L) of the motor vehicle (1) in the longitudinal guide rail (2). The vertical guide rail (4) is fastened to the first guide element (3) and is displaced upon displacement of the first guide element (3). The second guide element (9) is guided displaceably in a vertical direction of the motor vehicle (1) in the vertical guide rail (4). The deflector (5) is fastened to the second guide element (9) so that the deflector (5) also is displaced upon displacement of the second guide element (9).Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AGInventors: Robert Fleischhacker, Martin Kamm, Mathias Froeschle
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Patent number: 11849815Abstract: This application relates to a fastener, a fastener monitoring system, and a child carrier. The fastener includes a male buckle, a female buckle, and a control circuit. The fastener has a locked state in which the male buckle is snap-fitted to the female buckle and an unlocked state in which the male buckle is separated from the female buckle. The control circuit is disposed on the male buckle and/or the female buckle. The control circuit includes a wireless communication module. In response to the fastener being in the locked state, the control circuit controls the wireless communication module to transmit a wireless signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Zongwang Chui, Manqun Cheng
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Patent number: 11738667Abstract: A retainer apparatus including a first retainer portion, a second retainer portion, a wireless transceiver, and a sensor. The sensor includes a first sensor portion physically contained within the first retainer portion and a second sensor portion physically contained within the second retainer portion. The first retainer portion is removably attached to the second retainer portion. The sensor is configured to detect the first retainer portion being disconnected from the second retainer portion and generate a warning signal. The wireless transceiver is configured to wirelessly transmit the warning signal to a controller in a vehicle to activate an audible warning alert to warn a user in the vehicle of the first retainer portion being disconnected from the second retainer portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: FRIEDMAN IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: Mark J. Friedman
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Patent number: 11718350Abstract: This vehicle body side structure includes: side sills provided at both end portions of a floor section in a width direction of a vehicle and extending in a forward/rearward direction of the vehicle; a pillar extending upward from each of the side sills and having a pillar outer provided on an outside in the width direction of the vehicle; a crushing member provided on an inside in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the pillar outer, having a lower portion joined to the side sill, and extending upward; an impactor which is provided above the crushing member, which is joined to an inside of the pillar outer in the width direction of the vehicle, and in which the impactor and the crushing member at least partially overlap in an upward/downward direction; and a seatbelt winding device provided on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the crushing member and disposed inside an accommodation concave section formed in the impactor.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Hitomi Yamada, Ryotaro Takeuchi, Takayuki Fujii
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Patent number: 11702032Abstract: A vehicular belt tactile apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a buckle, a belt configured to be fastened to the buckle and at least one air pouch disposed at a portion of the belt that contacts the body of an occupant when the belt is fastened to the buckle. An air controller generates a control signal when the belt is fastened to the buckle. The buckle includes an air supply unit that is configured to inject air into the at least one air pouch through the belt or to discharge air from the at least one air pouch in response to the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Mo Lee, Jung Keun Yoo, Joong Kwan Kim, Kaang Dok Yee
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Patent number: 11696662Abstract: A pre-moistened absorbent cloth material has opposing portions of leather at each distal end and a mating pair of fasteners. The absorbent cloth material is particularly suited for attachment to a sporting helmet.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Inventor: Ken L. Daniels, Jr.
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Patent number: 11547183Abstract: A belt deflector having a main element which is fastenable to a vehicle structure, and a belt contact element which is movable in relation to the main element and forms a belt contact face or belt contact edge for a seat belt that is to be deflected. The belt deflector has a deformable intermediate element which, during movement of the belt contact element relative to the main element in the direction of the intermediate element, is deformed and is pressed against the seat belt. The belt contact element forms a mating clamping face, and a belt strap portion of the seat belt is arranged between the intermediate element and the mating clamping face. During the relative movement, the intermediate element presses the belt strap portion onto the mating clamping face.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Marc Brandt, Uwe Klaiber, Gerhard Frey, Peter Linde, Joachim Nüsseler, Walter Birk
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Patent number: 11524653Abstract: A seat belt mounting structure includes a reel mounting reinforcement configured to connect a quarter inner panel, a roof center rail, and a roof rear rail; a C-pillar reinforcement formed to extend toward the quarter inner panel behind a C-pillar; and a seat belt reel mounted on the reel mounting reinforcement toward the roof center rail, the reel mounting reinforcement toward the quarter inner panel, and the C-pillar reinforcement. The seat belt mounting structure is arranged to reinforce a portion in which a seat belt is mounted, while having a reduced number of parts for anchoring the seat belt, and efficiently distributing a mounting load of the seat belt.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Ho Je Kang, Hae Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 11440477Abstract: A guide rail arrangement for an extensible cover. The guide rail arrangement has a main extension direction (D) and comprises a guide rail and a guide member. The guide rail extends in the main extension direction and is adapted to guide the cover during pull-out thereof. The guide member is displaceable in relation to the guide rail, e.g. by sliding or rotation. The guide member is configured to form an extension of the guide rail in the main extension direction, when in an operational position in relation to the guide rail. The present disclosure further relates to a kit comprising the guide rail arrangement and a belt, to a vehicle and to a method of pulling out the extensible cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventor: Gert Aldeborg
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Patent number: 11383673Abstract: A deflecting device for a safety belt in a motor vehicle includes a belt deflection element, which is designed to deflect a safety belt brought from a first direction in a second direction. The belt deflection element is formed on a molded part, and a belt guiding element is provided on the molded part and directs the safety belt brought onto the molded part towards the belt deflection element.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Andreas Loecherer
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Patent number: 11305727Abstract: A three-point installation bracket for converting a two-point seat belt system included factory in a convertible vehicle to a three-point seat belt system without requiring modifications/changes to the existing vehicle frame. The disclosure also includes methods for installing the bracket, as well as kits including same.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Inventor: Billy Gene Morris
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Patent number: 11305678Abstract: A belt mount for a vehicle seat or a vehicle bench seat in a vehicle is proposed, wherein the belt mount comprises an attachment mechanism for attaching to a vehicle structure in the region of a vehicle floor such that a lower end section of the belt mount can be fixed in the region of the vehicle floor, wherein the belt mount comprises a support arrangement with a support member for supporting on the vehicle structure of the vehicle. According to the invention, the support member, protruding forward in the driving direction, is present on the belt mount such that it is spaced apart at the top from the lower end section of the belt mount and is formed in such a way that the support member can be connected in the region of the vehicle structure of the vehicle which is present above the vehicle floor.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Aguti Produktentwicklung & Design GmbHInventor: Andreas Grieger
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Patent number: 11214996Abstract: A retrofit latch adapter is configured to replace a pre-existing roller head latch assembly of a pre-existing exit device. The retrofit latch adapter may include a flat latch head that may provide additional security for a door compared with the pre-existing roller head pre-existing latch assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group, Inc.Inventors: Vincent Baker, Douglas Thompson, Michael Connell, Catelyn Herman
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Patent number: 11097686Abstract: Apparatus and system for an adjustable seatbelt guide are disclosed. The seatbelt guide is attached to a mechanical stop associated with a seat. The mechanical stop, such as a striker, is adapted to limit reclining movement of a seatback, especially with respect to a rear seat of a vehicle. The mechanical stop and attached seatbelt guide may move positions with or without the seat in order to maintain seatbelt geometry. When the seat is folded down, the seatbelt guide may maintain the seatbelt in the parked position.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Gert Aldeborg, Lars Modh
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Patent number: 11037423Abstract: An example posture monitor embodiment includes a first angle sensor coupled to an upper plate and a second angle sensor coupled to a lower plate rotatably connected to the upper plate. The posture monitor may be coupled to a persons chest and to the persons abdomen below the waist to measure an angle related to the persons posture. The posture monitor may activate an alarm indicator when the measured angle changes by more than a preferred threshold value, indicating a change in the persons posture.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Inventor: Ali Kord
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Patent number: 10945474Abstract: A headband comprising an adornment support portion comprising a plurality of slots and at least one adornment or adornment fastener strap configured to be received in at least one of the adornment support portion slots. An elastic nape section may connect to opposite ends of the adornment support portion at connection seams to dispose the headband in a closed loop configuration. The adornment fastener strap may have fastener components disposed on opposite surfaces of opposite ends of the strap operable to secure the fastener strap in a loop configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventor: Ara Atkinson-Skinner
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Patent number: 10703328Abstract: An assembly includes a webbing. The assembly includes a first webbing guide receiving the webbing. The assembly includes a second webbing guide receiving the webbing and releasably secured to the first webbing guide. The assembly includes an actuator. The assembly includes a cable secured to the actuator and to the second webbing guide.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Patent number: 10632961Abstract: A deflection fitting for a seat belt in a motor vehicle, in particular for an inflatable seat belt, includes a belt deflector which encloses the seat belt and which comprises a guide slot for receiving and for passing through the seat belt.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Martin Kizil, Joerg Frank Doering, Carsten Bazant
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Patent number: 10434977Abstract: A seatbelt anchor includes an attachment portion. The seatbelt anchor includes a seatbelt support portion spaced from the attachment portion to define a slot therebetween. The seatbelt anchor includes a pair of connecting portions spaced from each other with the slot disposed therebetween and connecting the attachment portion to the seatbelt support portion and including a lattice structure that is plastically deformable relative to the attachment portion and the seatbelt support portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ching-Hung Chuang, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Patent number: 10202099Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a seat having a seat cushion and a seat back, a seat back cover which covers a rear surface of the seat back, and a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat. The seat belt includes a belt, a tongue plate, an anchor disposed outside a seat cushion in a vehicle width direction, a buckle, and a retractor disposed substantially above the anchor for winding the belt. The seat back cover extends over the rear surface of the seat back and extends to a rear side of the retractor.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Teruaki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10196033Abstract: A webbing guide for a vehicle seat includes a base defining a length between a first end and a second end and defining first and second spaced-apart post holes extending through the base between top and bottom surfaces thereof. The webbing guide further includes a guide body coupled with the base and defining a guide channel extending through the guide body in a direction generally normal to the length of the base and normal to the posts.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Pattrick Loew, Benjamin Yilma, Travis Justin Raines
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Patent number: 10189386Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle includes a seat base, a seat back extending upwardly from a rear portion of the seat base, a seat belt, a portion of the seat belt stored in the seat back, an emergency locking retractor in an outboard side of the seat back, the seat belt being threaded through the emergency locking retractor, and a cover covering the emergency locking retractor and the portion of the seat belt stored in the seat back. The cover may include a first cover piece covering a first side of the emergency locking retractor and the portion of the seat belt stored in the seat back and a second cover piece covering a second side of the emergency locking retractor and the portion of the seat belt stored in the seat back.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jesus A. Diaz Gonzalez, Spyridon G. Blatseas, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Jeffrey H. Scheurer, II, Peter A. Supernavage
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Patent number: 10173634Abstract: A webbing guide for a vehicle seat includes a base defining a length between a first end and a second end and a guide body coupled with the base and defining a guide channel extending at least partially along a length of the base. A first end of the guide channel is disposed adjacent the first end of the body and is moveable toward and away from the second end of the body.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Pattrick Loew, Benjamin Yilma, Travis Justin Raines
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Patent number: 10112574Abstract: In an anchor (10), an insertion hole (42) is formed piercing through an anchor main body (36), and a belt is inserted through the insertion hole (42). A projection (44) is formed at the anchor main body (36) around the entire periphery of the insertion hole (42), and the projection (44) configures an outer peripheral face of the insertion hole (42). The projection (44) projects out toward the radial direction outer side of the insertion hole (42). The surface area of a portion configured by the projection (44) at the outer peripheral face of the insertion hole (42) can accordingly be increased, and the contact surface area of the belt with the outer peripheral face of the insertion hole (42) can be increased, even when the plate thickness dimension of the anchor main body (36) is reduced. This thereby enables the plate thickness dimension of the anchor main body (36) to be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: ENSHU CO., LTD.Inventor: Tadao Ito
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Patent number: 10081392Abstract: An inner side reinforcing member is disposed at an interior of a pillar main body portion, is joined to a pillar inner panel, projects out toward a pillar outer panel side, and forms a second closed cross-section portion together with the pillar inner panel. In contrast, an outer side reinforcing member is disposed at the interior of the pillar main body portion, is joined to a pillar outer panel, projects-out toward the pillar inner panel side, and forms a third closed cross-section portion together with the pillar outer panel. The outer side reinforcing member is provided at a vehicle front side of the inner side reinforcing member, and overlaps a portion of the inner side reinforcing member as seen in a vehicle front view.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Teppei Tsuneyama
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Patent number: 10080859Abstract: A shoulder strap is provided with raceway provisions for medical tubing. The shoulder strap has opposite ends provided with male and female side-squeeze buckles. The raceway provisions are formed by an inner leaf and outer leaf which fold and fasten together for safely enclosing the medical tubing. The medical tubing extends between a nose piece and a connector end, wherein excess length of the medical tubing is usually coiled up in coils near the connector end. The shoulder strap further includes tubing traps which safely secure the coils. The tubing trap can be formed from snaps, buttons and/or hook-and-pile fastener material. The inner and outer leaves of the shoulder strap can be formed of any suitable material, such as that used in book bags except also provided with foam (cushion) cores.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Inventors: Samuel Hall, Michael T. Wise
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Patent number: 10065597Abstract: A multi-point seat belt safety apparatus and system and device that automatically moves, adjusts, or otherwise corrects itself around one or more webbing deflection points, and utilizes different components, to accommodate seat occupants with different sizes and ages. In particular, when an occupant extends the webbing across their torso towards an anchor point, generally disposed to the near the side of their waist, the webbing first contacts the torso/shoulder of the occupant at a particular distance above the seat, which is reflective of the occupant's height, causing the webbing to automatically move along a length of a deflection element, positioned at, above, or near the shoulder of the seat occupant, to an appropriate deflection point. At such, the webbing is kept at a proper location, away from the neck of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: GHC, SLInventors: Theodore August Gast, Claudia Capella Masero, Luis Capella Folguera, Carlos Grassi Osma
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Patent number: 9974364Abstract: In a seat belt device, when a buckle cover is moved obliquely upward in a vehicle forward direction relative to a buckle guide and the buckle cover reaches a moving endpoint at a vehicle upper side relative to the buckle guide, cover-side engagement portions of the buckle cover become sandwiched between vehicle lower side surfaces of guide-side engagement portions of the buckle guide, and the outside surfaces of guide long-side wall portions of the buckle guide. Due to this, not only movement of the cover-side engagement portions of the buckle cover in the vehicle upward direction but also movement of the cover-side engagement portions outwards in the thickness directions of the cross-sectional shapes of the buckle cover and the buckle guide are restrained by the guide-side engagement portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Tatsuhiro Murasaki, Takuhiro Saito, Makoto Matsuzaki, Koji Hayashi, Hiroto Tanaka
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Patent number: 9944253Abstract: A D-ring assembly for an inflatable belt of a vehicle includes a patch bracket, in which a portion of the patch bracket supporting a D-ring is inclined forward with respect to a portion of the patch bracket fixed to a pillar of the vehicle; and the D-ring installed at the patch bracket to be rotatable in a left or right direction, so that the two-layer webbing is guided toward the front of a wearer, allowing a passenger to easily wear the webbing.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Jung Min Lee, Won Jae Lee, Gi Young Bae
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Patent number: 9919744Abstract: The invention relates to a shell structure having a force transmission point, wherein a force transmission structure is provided on the force transmission point, wherein the force transmission structure has a fitting element comprising a fastening element, wherein the fitting element is connected to the shell structure. According to the invention, the fitting element has a contact surface having the shell structure and the contact surface can be clamped with or is clamped with the shell structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Mihaly Gonda, Thomas Schnaufer, Juergen Lenz, Andreas Beil
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Patent number: 9855872Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle includes a seatbelt integrated into a seat back of the seat and a seatbelt mechanism for providing access to the seatbelt. The seat further includes an extended base attached to the seat, a raised and curved section of the extended base for transitioning the seatbelt from a vertical orientation inside the seatback to a horizontal orientation for use, an arcuate slot atop the extended base, the seatbelt being threaded through the arcuate slot, the arcuate slot preventing the seatbelt from becoming tangled and misaligned, a garnish for covering the seatbelt mechanism, a fastener, and a cap for covering the fastener. The fastener fastens the garnish and the cap to the extended base.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Peter A Supernavage, Jesus A Diaz Gonzalez, Jeffrey H Scheurer, II, Tetsuya Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9827945Abstract: In a through anchor, a thinned portion is formed at a metal core lower portion of a metal core. This thereby enables an increase in body size of the through anchor to be prevented or suppressed even when a mold portion is made thick at the portion of the metal core where the thinned portion is formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Tomohiro Okuhira, Tomotaka Suzuki, Takahiro Hamada, Tetsushi Urushibata
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Patent number: 9783155Abstract: An occupant protection system includes: arm rests that are disposed on first and second width direction sides of a seat back and are rotatable between a substantially vertical storage position and a substantially horizontal use position; slide members that are slidable along the arm rests and have belt guides; a retractor that takes up webbing of a belt; and an electronic control unit that, (i) in a state before an occupant is seated in a vehicle seat, causes the arm rests to be held in the storage position and causes the slide members to slide in the seat upward direction above the head of the occupant, and that, (ii) when the occupant is seated, causes the arm rests to rotate to the use position, causes the slide members to slide toward base sides of the arm rests, and causes the webbing to be taken up by the retractor.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toru Kondo, Mitsuyoshi Ohno
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Patent number: 9725022Abstract: A seatbelt web guide assembly adapted to be fixed to a seat back comprises a web guide in the shape of a loop and a pivot adapted to be fixed to a seat back and defining a first pivot axis. A connector is disposed between and connects the web guide to the pivot at a position in which the web guide is spaced from the first pivot axis. The pivot has a first part and a second pivot part. The second pivot part is rotatable with respect to the first part about the pivot axis, and the connector is fixed to the second pivot part.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mohammed Shenaq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Patent number: 9688241Abstract: A pretensioner apparatus of a seat belt may include a movement tube, a piston movably disposed inside the movement tube, a gas generator fluid-connected to the movement tube and generating a gas upon crash of the vehicle so as to inject the gas into the movement tube to move the piston in a predetermined direction, a linkage unit, a worm connected to the piston through the linkage unit, and a worm wheel engaged with the worm, wherein the worm rotates according to movement of the piston via the linkage unit when the piston moves in the predetermined direction by the gas generated by the gas generator, and wherein the worm wheel fixed to a spool rotates together with the worm to rotate the spool and a seat belt webbing connected to the spool is wound around the spool while the worm rotates according to the movement of the piston.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Sung Hun Chang
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Patent number: 9649955Abstract: Vehicle child safety seat including: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; a harness cover formed in an elongated pouch shape and slidably attached to the shoulder harness in a longitudinal direction such that the shoulder harness is passed through paired insertion holes formed on respective end portions of the harness cover in the longitudinal direction; and a shoulder pad formed in an elongated shape, accommodated in the harness cover, placed between the shoulder and the shoulder harness along the longitudinal direction of the shoulder harness, and including paired connection portions provided on respective end portions of the shoulder pad in the longitudinal direction so as to be connected to the shoulder harness slidably in the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TAKATA CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsu Mitsuo, Osamu Nakagawa, Masayuki Sakumoto
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Patent number: 9610866Abstract: A vehicle child safety seat includes: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a long belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; a shoulder pad placed between the shoulder of the occupant and the shoulder harness; and a harness cover formed in a pouch shape, having paired insertion holes through which the shoulder harness is passed so that the harness cover is attached to the shoulder harness, accommodating the shoulder pad therein, and having an opening so that the shoulder pad is put in and out via the opening in a state where the harness cover is attached to the shoulder harness.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsu Mitsuo, Yukihiro Yukita, Osamu Nakagawa, Masayuki Sakumoto
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Patent number: 9481341Abstract: The invention relates to a safety belt arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a safety belt having a safety belt section and a pelvic belt section (6), which safety belt has a belt diverter (13) on the outer attachment point (A) in the motor vehicle transverse direction (y), above which belt diverter the pelvic belt section (6) is guided to a belt tensioner unit (19) in the region of a rocker panel (7). According to the invention the rocker panel (7) has a retaining profile part (27) which supports a door sill panel (4) delimiting the door entry area, wherein between the retaining profile part (27) and a bottom group (41) of the motor vehicle lying underneath an installation space (33) is formed, in which the belt tensioner unit (19) is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Witali Effenberger
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Patent number: 9457764Abstract: The present invention provides a seatbelt through-anchor and device capable of preventing jamming during an emergency. A through-anchor is rotatably attached to a vehicle interior wall and is folded back after a webbing extracted from a retractor is inserted through the through-anchor. The through-anchor includes: an insertion hole including an approximately linear lower edge on which the webbing slides, and a lateral edge curving from an end part of the lower edge; a lower-side part provided below the lower edge; and a bump part extending from an end of the lower-side part, protruding beyond a surface of the lower-side part in a direction corresponding to a vehicle interior side. The bump part includes peak parts protruding the furthest in the course of separating from the lateral edge, and includes, between each of the peak parts and the lateral edge, a first sliding surface including a curved surface outwardly protruding from the through-anchor.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Shinichi Wakabayashi, Yosuke Kono, Toshihito Natori
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Patent number: 9452788Abstract: Provided is a top part structure of a vehicle body provided with: a roof side rail extending in a front-rear direction on a side part of the vehicle body, the roof side rail being formed by a rail inner, a rail outer joined to a vehicle outer side of the rail inner to form a cross-section, and a rail stiffener sandwiched between the rail inner and the rail outer to partition the closed cross-section; and a pillar extending downward from the roof side rail, the top part structure including: a bulkhead joined, at an intersection portion between the pillar and the roof side rail, to the rail stiffener, fastened by a bolt to the rail inner, and disposed such as to partition the closed cross-section between the rail inner and the rail stiffener.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota Anegawa, Yukihiko Nagai
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Patent number: 9428144Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes an adjuster having a guide slidable in a first direction. The assembly also includes a cover defining upper and lower edges and coupled with the guide and first and second extension plates slidably disposed relative to the cover in the first direction so as to be extendable respectively from the upper and lower edges thereof and to be retractable behind the cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: William Bauer, John Andrew Stakoe, Mahesh Bhattacharyya, Paul Tuomisto, Christopher Donald Schop
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Patent number: 9321428Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with a safety belt system having compact size and rapid installation, which can be preassembled and installed simultaneously with the framework of the seat-back.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: LAZZERINI SOCIETA ‘A RESPONSABILITA’ LIMITATAInventor: Innocenzo Salvatore Carbone