Vehicle seat assembly
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorsJeffery Dix, Matthew Gapinski
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Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle seat, a seat support rail, a load limiter and a seatbelt assembly. The seat support rail supports the vehicle seat within the vehicle. The vehicle seat is adjustably supported to the seat support rail. The load limiter is supported to the seat support rail. The seatbelt assembly has a latch and a receptacle that receives the latch. The receptacle is movably supported to the load limiter. The receptacle is movable along the load limiter from a rest position to an operated position upon receiving a predetermined force.
Claims8
A vehicle seat assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle seat configured to be supported to a vehicle floor;
- a seat support rail movably supporting the vehicle seat to the vehicle floor such that the seat support rail is movable relative to the vehicle floor, the vehicle seat being supported to the seat support rail;
- a load limiter supported to the seat support rail;
- and a seatbelt assembly having a latch and a receptacle that receives the latch, the receptacle being movably supported to the load limiter, the receptacle being movable along the load limiter from a rest position to an operated position upon receiving a predetermined force, the load limiter further includes a biasing member having a first end operatively connected to the housing and a second end operatively connected to the movable member to bias the movable member into the rest position, the load limiter further includes a dampener, the dampener having a first end operatively connected to the housing and a second end operatively connected to the movable member to dampen the movement of the movable member back into the rest position by the biasing member, the dampener moving between an extended position and a compressed position as the receptacle of the seatbelt moves between the rest position and the operated position, the biasing member also being compressed when the dampener is in the compressed position, the biasing member being extended when the dampener is in the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.