Vehicle seat belt assembly
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorsPontus ANDRÉN, Håkan SALOMONSSON
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Abstract
A seat belt for use in a vehicle including one or more seat cushions adapted to receive one or more vehicle occupants and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed. The seat belt includes webbing, an anchor loop, and a fold. The anchor loop is formed at an end of the webbing affixed to a body of the webbing and adapted to pass through a belt receptacle anchor adapted to be fastened to a chassis of the vehicle. The fold is formed in the webbing adjacent to the anchor loop, such that a width of the webbing at the fold is less than a width of the webbing in other regions of the body.
Claims20
A seat belt assembly, comprising:
- an anchor adapted to be fastened to a chassis of a vehicle, the anchor defining a belt receptacle;
- and
- a webbed belt, comprising:
- an anchor loop formed at an end of the webbed belt, the anchor loop engaging the belt receptacle of the anchor, and
- a fold formed in the webbed belt adjacent to the anchor loop, such that a width of the webbed belt at the fold is reduced as compared to other regions of the webbed belt.
A seat belt, comprising:
- a webbed belt;
- an anchor loop formed at an end of the webbed belt and adapted to engage a belt receptacle anchor adapted to be fastened to a chassis of a vehicle;
- and
- a fold formed in the webbed belt adjacent to the anchor loop, such that a width of the webbed belt at the fold is reduced as compared to other regions of the webbed belt.
A method for producing a seat belt, comprising:
- providing webbed belt;
- forming a loop in an end of the webbed belt;
- and
- forming a fold in the webbed belt adjacent to the loop formed in the end of the webbed belt, such that a width of the webbed belt at the fold is reduced as compared to other regions of the webbed belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.