Belt guide
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorAlbert Sbongk
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Abstract
A belt guide (2) having a base structure (9) and a bracket part (13), wherein the base structure (9) includes a body contact portion (17) configured to abut a body part (3), wherein the bracket part (13) is connected to the base structure (9) via a connecting structure and includes a belt contact surface (19) facing the base structure (9) to guide a belt between itself and the body part (3) or the base structure (9), wherein the connecting structure is configured to hold the bracket part (13) such that it cannot move relative to the base structure (9) in a normal state and to yield under the action of a predetermined load, in particular a load acting from the direction of the body part (3), to allow the bracket part (13) to move relative to the base structure (9) toward the body contact portion (17) in a release state.
Claims13
A belt guide having a base structure and a bracket part, wherein the base structure comprises a body contact portion which is configured to abut a body part, wherein the bracket part is connected to the base structure via a connecting structure and comprises a belt contact surface which faces the base structure to guide a belt between the belt contact surface and the body part or the base structure abutting the body part, wherein the connecting structure is configured to hold the bracket part such that it cannot move relative to the base structure in a normal state and to yield under an action of a load which is at or exceeds a predetermined limit to allow the bracket part to move relative to the base structure toward the body contact portion in a release state;
- wherein the belt contact surface, together with the body part or the base structure abutting the body part, forms a belt guide slot, wherein, in the release state, a depth of the belt guide slot is reduced by movement of the bracket part.
A belt guide having a base structure and a bracket part, wherein the base structure comprises a body contact portion which is configured to abut a body part, wherein the bracket part is connected to the base structure via a connecting structure and comprises a belt contact surface which faces the base structure to guide a belt between the belt contact surface and the body part or the base structure abutting the body part, wherein the connecting structure is configured to hold the bracket part such that it cannot move relative to the base structure in a normal state and to yield under an action of a load which is at or exceeds a predetermined limit to allow the bracket part to move relative to the base structure toward the body contact portion in a release state;
- wherein the bracket part comprises two parallel legs and a web portion extending between the legs, wherein the web portion comprises the belt contact surface and the legs extend away from the belt contact surface and the web portion;
- wherein the base structure comprises two base elements, each of which is connected to one of the legs.
A belt guide having a base structure and a bracket part, wherein the base structure comprises a body contact portion which is configured to abut a body part, wherein the bracket part is connected to the base structure via a connecting structure and comprises a belt contact surface which faces the base structure to guide a belt between the belt contact surface and the body part or the base structure abutting the body part, wherein the connecting structure is configured to hold the bracket part such that it cannot move relative to the base structure in a normal state and to yield under an action of a load which is at or exceeds a predetermined limit to allow the bracket part to move relative to the base structure toward the body contact portion in a release state;
- wherein the body contact portion comprises at least one elastic support element, which projects from the base structure and is configured to bear resiliently against an outer abutment surface of the body part.
An arrangement, comprising:
- a body part formed as a B-pillar of a motor vehicle having a passenger compartment;
- a belt guide located on the body part, wherein the belt guide is configured or fastened such that a part of the belt guide facing the passenger compartment yields in a direction of the body part under an action of a load which acts perpendicular to the body part and exceeds a predetermined limit;
- wherein the belt guide includes a base structure and a bracket part, wherein the base structure comprises a body contact portion which is configured to abut the body part;
- wherein the bracket part is connected to the base structure via a connecting structure and comprises a belt contact surface which faces the base structure to guide a belt between the belt contact surface and the body part or the base structure abutting the body part;
- wherein the part of the belt guide facing the passenger compartment comprises the belt contact surface;
- wherein the connecting structure is configured to hold the bracket part such that it cannot move relative to the base structure in a normal state and to yield under the action of the load which acts perpendicular to the body part and exceeds the predetermined limit to allow the bracket part to move relative to the base structure toward the body contact portion in a release state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.