Guide for seatbelt webbing that moves automatically in response to an oblique or far-side impact event to maintain occupant in proper orientation

A method of maintaining proper orientation of an occupant in a seating assembly of a vehicle while the vehicle is engaged in an impact event comprising:

• determining that the vehicle is engaged in an impact event, the seating assembly of the vehicle having a seatback, the seatback comprising:
• (a) a vertical midline;
• (b) a frame;
• (c) a guide for seatbelt webbing, the guide being operably coupled to the frame, and the guide having a first position and a second position that is closer to the vertical midline than the first position;
• (d) an actuator attached to the frame, the actuator having a piston, the piston having a position and a second position;
• and (e) a connector disposed between the actuator and the frame, the connector operably connecting the piston to the guide, such that the piston moving from the first position to the second position moves the guide from the first position to the second position;
• and
• moving the guide to a second position, which is closer to the vertical midline than the first position, in response to the impact event.

A seatback for a seating assembly of a vehicle comprising:

• a vertical midline;
• a frame;
• a guide for seatbelt webbing, the guide being operably coupled to the frame, and the guide having a first position and a second position that is closer to the vertical midline than the first position;
• an actuator attached to the frame, the actuator having a piston movable, in a direction away from the guide, from a first position to a second position, the piston being disposed closer to the vertical midline than the actuator and the guide;
• and
• a connector connecting the piston to the guide, such that the piston moving from the first position to the second position moves the guide from the first position to the second position.