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US 10,501,047 B2Granted
Seat belt latch plate assembly with two-shot noise dissipating bumpers
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorEdwin C. Chiu
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Abstract
A seat belt latch plate assembly includes a latch plate and a latch plate cover carried on the latch plate. That latch plate cover is made by means of a two-shot injection molding process and includes integral bumpers that are made from a soft, sound dissipating material and have an energy absorbing cross-sectional shape.
Claims17
A seat belt latch plate assembly, comprising:
- a latch plate;
- and
- a latch plate cover carried on said latch plate, said latch plate cover including a first integral bumper made from a noise dissipating material wherein said first integral bumper is hemi-ellipsoid in shape and said first integral bumper includes a first wall defining a first open channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.