Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1997-01-15
1999-07-06
Jordan, Charles T.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280808, 297486, B60R 2200, A47C 3100
Patent
active
059189037
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a seat belt hanging and holding member for slidingly hanging a seat belt (waving belt) for example, a three-point type seat belt for an automobile.
BACKGROUND ART
In recent years, in order to achieve the safety of members riding in an automobile, a threepoint type seat belt for supporting the breast parts of the members riding in the automobile in a crossed fashion as well as a two-point type seat belt for holding the waist parts have been adopted.
FIG. 43A is a perspective view of the interior of an automobile 1, for explaining the construction of a three-point type seat belt 70. Although the three-point type seat belt may be mounted on all of the front seats and the rear seats of the automobile 1, herein only a driver's seat 2 will be described for simplicity of explanation.
The three-point type seat belt 70 is designed to be put on between the three points of a first anchor 71 provided on the lower part of a center pillar 3, a second anchor 72 mounted on a floor part between a driver's seat 2 and an assistant seat 4 and a third anchor 73 provided on the upper part of the center pillar 3. The three-point type seat belt 70 comprises a waving belt 74 one end of which is attached to the first anchor 71 and the other end of which is folded back at the part of the third anchor 73 and wound by a retractor (not shown) built in the center pillar 3 and a fixed belt 75 one end of which is attached to the second anchor 72 and the other end of which is provided with a buckle 77. A tongue part 76 to be locked in the buckle 77 is provided in an intermediate part of the waving belt 74.
FIG. 43B is a perspective view of a conventional seat belt hanging and holding member 78 to be mounted on the third anchor 73. As illustrated in FIGS. 43B and 43C, the seat belt hanging and holding member 78 comprises a base member 80 made of a steel plate (metal plate) having a bolt-inserting hole 81 and a slot 82 and a coating member 90 made of a synthetic resin for covering the periphery of the slot 82 of the base member 80 and having a seat belt-inserting hole 91 formed in the slot 82. The slot 82 is, as shown in FIG. 43C, punched out, throughout its whole periphery, substantially perpendicularly to the surface of the base member 80. Further, the slot 82 comprises, as illustrated in FIG. 44, long edge parts 82a and 82b opposed to each other, and short edge parts 82c and 82d for connecting together both-the end parts of these long edge parts 82a and 82b. The respective long edge parts 82a and 82b and short edge parts 82c and 82d are, as described above, punched out substantially at right angles with the surface of the base member 80. In addition, the seat belt-inserting hole 91 is, as shown in FIG. 44, formed so as to cover the respective long edge parts 82a and 82b and short edge parts 82c and 82d. A part extending along the one long edge part 82a serves as a folding-back and sliding part 91a for slidingly folding back the waving belt 74.
The seat belt hanging and holding member 78 constructed as mentioned above is fixed to the third anchor 73 by means of a bolt inserted into the bolt-inserting hole 81. Then, the waving belt 74 is slidingly slung and held on the folding-back and sliding part 91a. The waving belt 74 is usually subjected to an aromatic agent process to improve its sliding feature to the coating member 90.
Additionally stated, the seat belt hanging and holding member 78 is, as illustrated in FIG. 43A, formed by molding the coating member 90 integrally with the base member 80 in accordance with, what is called, an insert molding process. In other words, after the base member 80 is inserted into a metal mold for forming the coating member 90, the metal mold is closed and filled with a resin so that the coating member 90 is integrally formed with the base member 80.
In the case of the above described conventional seat belt hanging and holding-member 78, however, since the slot 82 is punched out perpendicularly to the base member 80, the slot 82 is provided with rectangul
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Enshu Co. Ltd.
Jordan Charles T.
Wesson Theresa M.
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