# US 2019/0315310 A1 · Seatbelt guide assembly

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- Number: US 2019/0315310 A1
- Document ID: US20190315310A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/954,660
- Filed: 2018-04-17
- Published: 2019-10-17
- Earliest claimed: 2018-04-17
- Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi; Mohammad Omar Faruque; S.M. Iskander Farooq
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190315310A1

## CPC

- B60R 22/24: secured to the side, door, or roof of the vehicle
- B60R 2021/0009: {Oblique collision}
- B60R 2022/1818: {Belt guides}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An assembly includes a seatbelt guide. The seatbelt guide includes a slot. A webbing extends through the slot. A releasable post is supported by the seatbelt guide and extends across the slot. The releasable post releases during a vehicle impact to allow the webbing to move along the slot to reduce chest deflection of an occupant during the vehicle impact.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An assembly comprising:
a seatbelt guide including a slot;
a webbing extending through the slot; and
a releasable post supported by the seatbelt guide and extending across the slot.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein the releasable post is frangible relative to the seatbelt guide.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein the releasable post has a joint connecting the releasable post to the seatbelt guide and the joint is frangible relative to the seatbelt guide.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein the releasable post and the seatbelt guide are monolithic.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The assembly as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a spring between the seatbelt guide and the releasable post.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The assembly as set forth in claim 5, wherein the seatbelt guide has a cavity housing the spring.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The assembly as set forth in claim 6, wherein the spring biases the releasable post away from the cavity.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The assembly as set forth in claim 6, wherein the releasable post is retractable into the cavity.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The assembly as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a solenoid supported by the seatbelt guide, the solenoid including the releasable post.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The assembly as set forth in claim 9, further comprising a processor and a memory storing program instructions executable by the processor to actuate the solenoid to retract the releasable post relative to the slot as a result of a detection of an oblique impact.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein the slot has a first segment and a second segment, wherein the releasable post separates the first segment of the slot from the second segment of the slot, and wherein the first segment of the slot and the second segment of the slot are elongated from the releasable post.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The assembly as set forth in claim 11, wherein the first segment of the slot is elongated along a first axis, and the second segment of the slot is elongated along a second axis transverse to the first axis.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The assembly as set forth in claim 12, wherein the second axis extends from the first axis in a vehicle-inboard direction.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The assembly as set forth in claim 12, wherein the second axis extends from the first axis in a downward direction.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The assembly as set forth in claim 14, wherein the second axis extends from the first axis in a vehicle-inboard direction.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The assembly as set forth in claim 12, wherein the seatbelt guide has a first portion defining the first segment of the slot and extending along the first axis, and a second portion defining the second segment of the slot and extending along the second axis.