Seat belt buckle assemblies for use with a seat belt of a vehicle

A seat belt buckle assembly for use with a seat belt of a vehicle, the seat belt buckle assembly comprising:

• a bracket having a first portion configured to be fixed to a chassis of the vehicle and a second portion extending from the first portion away from the chassis;
• a buckle mounted to the second portion of the bracket and configured to selectively couple with a tongue of the seat belt, wherein the bracket is configured to restrain motion of the buckle during a vehicle event;
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• a receptacle defining an aperture extending therethrough, with the buckle at least partially disposed within the aperture and held by the receptacle for spatially locating the buckle within the vehicle, the aperture extending between a first end and a second end of the receptacle, the second portion of the bracket extending into the receptacle from the first end, and the receptacle having a shoulder at the first end of the receptacle configured to abut the chassis and support the receptacle.

A seat belt buckle assembly for use with a seat belt of a vehicle, the seat belt buckle assembly comprising:

• a bracket having a first portion configured to be fixed to a chassis of the vehicle and a second portion extending from the first portion away from the chassis;
• a buckle mounted to the second portion of the bracket and configured to selectively couple with a tongue of the seat belt, the buckle and the second portion of the bracket being aligned along an axis, with the first portion of the bracket comprising a fastener interface laterally spaced from the axis and configured to fix the bracket to the chassis, wherein the bracket is configured to restrain motion of the buckle during a vehicle event;
• a receptacle defining an aperture extending therethrough, with the buckle at least partially disposed within the aperture and held by the receptacle for spatially locating the buckle within the vehicle;
• a second bracket extending along the first portion of the bracket and configured to be fixed to the chassis of the vehicle at the fastener interface;
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• a second buckle mounted to the second bracket,
• wherein the receptacle defines a second aperture extending therethrough, with the second buckle at least partially disposed within the second aperture and held by the receptacle for spatially locating the second buckle within the vehicle.