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US 10,793,102 B2Granted
Seat belt webbing guide
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly includes a seat belt webbing guide including a slot having an upper surface and a lower surface. A rod is supported by the seat belt webbing guide. A roller is supported by the rod. A spring is between the seat belt webbing guide and the rod. The spring the rod toward the lower surface of the slot.
Claims15
A seat belt assembly comprising:
- a webbing guide including a slot having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a webbing extending through the slot;
- a rod supported by the webbing guide;
- a roller supported by the rod and rotatable relative to the webbing guide;
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- a spring between the webbing guide and the rod and biasing the rod toward the lower surface of the slot;
- the webbing guide including elongated openings each receiving ends of the rod;
- the slot being elongated along an axis and the elongated openings being elongated along an axis transverse to the axis of the slot;
- the elongated openings having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along the axis of the elongated openings, the rod being movable along the axis of the elongated openings from the first end to the second end;
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- the roller being rotatable when the rod is at the first end and at the second end of the elongated openings.
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An assembly comprising:
- a seat belt webbing guide including a slot having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a rod supported by the seat belt webbing guide;
- a roller supported by the rod and rotatable relative to the seat belt webbing guide;
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- a spring between the seat belt webbing guide and the rod and biasing the rod toward the lower surface of the slot;
- the seat belt webbing guide including elongated openings each receiving ends of the rod;
- the slot being elongated along an axis and the elongated openings being elongated along an axis transverse to the axis of the slot;
- the elongated openings having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along the axis of the elongated openings, the rod being movable along the axis of the elongated openings from the first end to the second end;
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- the roller being rotatable when the rod is at the first end and at the second end of the elongated openings.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.