# US 2014/0154039 A1 · Mounting structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0154039 A1 - Document ID: US20140154039A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/985,423 - Filed: 2012-08-10 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-11 - Assignees: Bentley Motors Limited - Inventors: Andrew Downie; Alexander James Redman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140154039A1 ## CPC - B25J 18/00: Arms - A61B 17/00: Surgical instruments, devices or methods (A61B18/00 takes precedence; dental tools A61C3/00; eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/20) - A61B 34/70: {Manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery} - A61M 5/00: Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests (tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00) - B60R 21/055: Padded {or energy-absorbing} fittings {, e.g. seat belt anchors (sun visors B60J3/00; head rests B60N2/80)} - B60R 22/03: Means for presenting the belt or part thereof to the wearer {, e.g. foot-operated} - B60R 22/24: secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle - A61B 34/30: Surgical robots - B60R 2022/021: {Means for holding the tongue or buckle in a non-use position, e.g. for easy access by the user} - F16B 5/0225: {allowing for adjustment parallel to the plane of the plates} - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract According to one exemplary embodiment, a manipulator device includes a base, first and second linear slides, a drive link, a drive member, a driven member and an end effector. The elements of the manipulator device cooperate to constrain the end effector to rotate about a remote center of motion that is displaced from a proximal center of motion as the drive link moves a carriage of the second linear slide along an arcuate path. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mounting structure for mounting a support for a seat belt to a vehicle, the mounting structure being arranged so that when mounted to a vehicle it will move relative to the vehicle in a first range of directions under application of a first force urging the mounting structure in one of the range of directions, but will not move relative to the vehicle in a direction outside the first range of directions when a second, greater, force is applied urging the mounting structure in such a direction, the mounting structure comprising a bracket with an elongate slot extending therethrough, a decoupler assembly and a fastener extending through the decoupler assembly and the elongate slot, the fastener and decoupler assembly intended, in use, to urge the bracket towards the vehicle to fasten the bracket to the vehicle but permit relative sliding movement between the bracket and the vehicle when a predetermined force is applied. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fastener is sized to be able to move along the length of the slot. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the fastener is a bolt, stud or pin. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein the decoupler comprises a collar, the collar through which the fastener extends, the collar having a flange extending therefrom at one end. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 4 wherein teeth are formed on a surface of the flange. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 4 wherein the fastener also extends through a washer positioned adjacent to the flange of the collar so that when the fastener is used to fasten the bracket to a vehicle the flange of the collar is urged into contact with the washer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 6 wherein the washer defines an open ended slot. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 7 wherein the washer comprises two substantially parallel sidewalls arranged to capture the flange of the collar in order to retain the collar relative to the washer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein a second bracket is provided, the second bracket being arranged to be mounted to the vehicle so that it is fixed relative to the vehicle, and comprising a stop arranged to limit relative movement between the first bracket and the second brackets in one or more directions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 9 wherein a support for a seat belt is mounted to the first bracket and the stop of the second bracket is arranged to limit movement of the support for a seat belt. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 10 wherein the support for a seatbelt is a loop. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein a seatbelt presenter mechanism is mounted to the bracket. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A vehicle comprising a mounting structure as claimed in claim 1 mounted to the vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) A vehicle as claimed in claim 13, the vehicle being a motor car and the mounting structure being mounted to a rear quarter panel of the motor car in order to support an upper mounting point of a three point seat belt for a front seat occupant of the motor car. ### Claim at position 15 15-25. (canceled) ### Claim 26 (depends on 1) A mounting structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein more than one slot is formed in the bracket, and a respective decoupler assembly and fastener is associated with each elongate slot.