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US 11,440,500 B2Granted
Vehicle occupant restraint structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJumpei Watanabe, Yasuhiro Hara, Norimasa Koreishi, Hirotaka Ishioka
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Abstract
A partition portion that partitions a cabin in a front-rear direction of a vehicle is disposed on a vehicle rear side with respect to a seat. A restraint device is partially attached to the partition portion, and a webbing of the restraint device is withdrawn from a partition portion side.
Claims8
A vehicle occupant restraint structure, comprising:
- a vehicle seat provided in a cabin of a vehicle, the vehicle seat being a driver seat;
- a partition portion that is disposed on a vehicle rear side with respect to the vehicle seat and partitions the cabin in a front-rear direction of the vehicle;
- and
- a restraint device that is partially attached to the partition portion, includes a webbing that is withdrawable from a side of the partition portion, and allows an occupant seated on the vehicle seat to be restrained, the occupant being a driver,
- wherein
- the vehicle seat is disposed on a center side of the cabin in a width direction of the vehicle,
- the vehicle occupant restraint structure further comprises a support portion that supports the vehicle seat with respect to the partition portion,
- the restraint device includes a retractor and a buckle, the retractor being attached to the partition portion and from which the webbing is withdrawable, and the buckle allowing a tongue plate provided on the webbing to be engaged and being attached to the vehicle seat or the support portion,
- the partition portion includes a partition panel that has a plate shape extending in the width direction and in an up-down direction of the vehicle, and the partition panel is provided to bridge between a roof panel and a floor panel in the up-down direction of the vehicle, the roof panel constituting an upper portion of the cabin on a vehicle upper side, and the floor panel constituting a lower portion of the cabin on a vehicle lower side,
- the restraint device is partially attached to the partition panel,
- the partition panel partitions the cabin into a driver compartment and a passenger compartment,
- the vehicle seat is included in the driver compartment,
- the restraint device is a three-point seatbelt device having the retractor, the buckle, and a shoulder anchor, and
- the retractor and the shoulder anchor are fixed to the partition panel.
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A vehicle occupant restraint structure, comprising:
- a vehicle seat provided in a cabin;
- a partition portion that is disposed on a vehicle rear side with respect to the vehicle seat and partitions the cabin in a front-rear direction of a vehicle;
- and
- a restraint device that is partially attached to the partition portion, includes a webbing that is withdrawable from a side of the partition portion, and allows an occupant seated on the vehicle seat to be restrained,
- wherein
- the partition portion is provided to bridge between a roof panel and a floor panel in an up-down direction of the vehicle, the roof panel constituting an upper portion of the cabin on a vehicle upper side and the floor panel constituting a lower portion of the cabin on a vehicle lower side,
- the vehicle occupant restraint structure further comprises:
- a first pillar portion that is disposed on a first side of the partition portion in a width direction of the vehicle and extends in the up-down direction of the vehicle,
- a second pillar portion that is disposed on a second side of the partition portion in the width direction of the vehicle and extends in the up-down direction of the vehicle,
- an upper cross portion that is connected to the first pillar portion and the second pillar portion directly or via first members, extends in the width direction of the vehicle, and reinforces the roof panel, and
- a lower cross portion that is connected to the first pillar portion and the second pillar portion directly or via second members, extends in the width direction of the vehicle, and reinforces the floor panel,
- the vehicle occupant restraint structure comprises an annular structural portion that has an annular shape when viewed from the front-rear direction of the vehicle, the annular structural portion including the first pillar portion, the second pillar portion, the upper cross portion, and the lower cross portion, and
- the upper cross portion overlaps the lower cross portion in the up-down direction of the vehicle.
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