Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1996-08-07
1998-07-14
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280751, B60R 2200
Patent
active
057792704
ABSTRACT:
A shoulder anchor structure having: a slip joint disposed at a vehicle inner side of a side wall of a vehicle, and supporting a longitudinal direction intermediate portion of a webbing for restraining a vehicle occupant; and an anchor bolt fixed to the side wall in a state of passing through the slip joint, and supporting the slip joint, the shoulder anchor structure featuring: a slip joint cover fixed to the slip joint with a predetermined gap being formed between the slip joint cover and a vehicle inner side direction end portion of the anchor bolt so as to cover at least the vehicle inner side direction end portion of the anchor bolt, the slip joint cover deforming due to load from a vehicle inner side so as to absorb the load; and a garnish disposed between the side wall and the slip joint with a predetermined gap being formed between the garnish and the side wall, the garnish deforming due to load from the slip joint so as to absorb the load. Accordingly, load applied from the vehicle inner side to the slip joint cover is absorbed both by the slip joint cover and by the garnish.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5433478 (1995-07-01), Naruse
patent: 5529344 (1996-06-01), Yasui et al.
patent: 5593182 (1997-01-01), Frost
Cole Thomas W.
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho
Rice Kenneth R.
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