# US 10,870,410 B2 · Seat integrated belt structure with load taking frame > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,410 B2 - Document ID: US10870410B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/173,078 - Filed: 2018-10-29 - Published: 2020-02-13 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-08 - Assignees: Autoliv Development AB - Applicants: Autoliv Development AB - Inventors: Ronald Jabusch; Gunter Clute - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870410B2 ## CPC - B60R 22/4604: {characterised by arrangements in vehicle or relative to seat belt} - B60N 2/5685: {Resistance} - B60N 2/688: {Particular seat belt attachment and guiding} - B60R 22/26: secured to the seat - B60R 22/34: Belt retractors, e.g. reels (anchoring devices {, e.g. guide loops} , with means to tension the belt in an emergency B60R22/195) - B60R 22/4628: {characterised by fluid actuators, e.g. pyrotechnic gas generators (actuating a cable B60R22/4619)} - B60R 2022/1818: {Belt guides} - B60R 2022/263: {Front seats} - B60R 2022/3402: {Retractor casings; Mounting thereof} - B60R 2022/4642: {the gas directly propelling a flexible driving means, e.g. a plurality of successive masses, in a tubular chamber} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract The invention refers to a load-bearing structural part (2) of a seat structure of a vehicle seat, which has a cavity (21), in which a belt retractor (40) is arranged. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A load-bearing structural part of a seat structure of a vehicle seat, comprising, the structural part has a cavity in which a seatbelt retractor is arranged, the seatbelt retractor including a belt reel having a seatbelt wound thereon and at least one additional subcomponent, the at least one additional subcomponent comprising at least one of, a load limiting device, an irreversible belt tensioner, and a reversible belt tensioner, each of the at least one additional subcomponent and the belt reel aligned in a coaxial manner relative to an axis of rotation of the belt reel and enclosed with the belt reel within the cavity. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 1, further comprising, the cavity has an opening through which the seatbelt wound on the belt reel is led out. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 1 further comprising, the structural part is formed from one metal sheet piece. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 1 further comprising, the structural part is formed from a fiber-reinforced plastic part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 1 further comprising, the structural part has one or more stiffening webs at least in the region of the cavity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 2 further comprising, the opening is closed by an insert part to enclose the seatbelt retractor within the cavity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 1 further comprising, the load-bearing structural part forms a top of a seat backrest. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 5 further comprising, the one or more stiffening webs are placed between the belt reel and the at least one additional subcomponent. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 1 further comprising, the seatbelt retractor belt reel is rotatably mounted about a rotation axis of the belt reel, and the seatbelt retractor is arranged such that the axis of the belt reel is aligned parallel to the longitudinal direction of a profile rail. ### Claim 10 A load-bearing structural part of a seat structure of a vehicle seat, comprising, the structural part has a cavity in which a seatbelt retractor is arranged, the load-bearing structural part comprises a cross-sectionally U-shaped, one-sided open profile rail with first and second opposite legs, extending from a base surface, and the cavity is formed by a space between the opposite legs. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 10, further comprising, the first and the second legs of the profile rail have different heights from the base surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 11, further comprising, one of the first and the second legs with a relatively smaller height in the intended installation position of the structural part is facing a seat surface of the vehicle seat. ### Claim 13 The load-bearing structural part according to 10 further comprising, the seatbelt retractor is mounted in a first web which is supported between the first and the second legs of the profile rail. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The load-bearing structural part according to claim 13, further comprising, at least a second web is supported between the first and the second legs of the profile rail, which is spaced from the first web. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The load-bearing structural part according claim 10 further comprising, the seatbelt retractor has a belt reel rotatably mounted about the rotation axis of the belt reel, and the seatbelt retractor is arranged such that the rotation axis of the belt reel is aligned parallel to the longitudinal direction of the profile rail.