Three-point seat belt device for vehicle
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorKoichi MASHIKO
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A three-point seat belt device for a vehicle includes a seat belt, a retractor, an inner tongue, an inner buckle, an outer support member, and an inner support member. The retractor is configured to wind a first end out of ends of the seat belt. The seat belt passes through a tongue hole of the inner tongue, behind the outer support member, and behind the inner support member. A second end out of the ends of the seat belt is fixed to the inner buckle. The seat belt is configured to, when the inner tongue is coupled to the inner buckle, form an annular portion that is annular around a waist of an occupant sitting in a sitting position of a seat between the inner buckle and the outer support member. The outer support member and the inner support member are located inward of the annular portion.
Claims4
A three-point seat belt device for a vehicle, the three-point seat belt device comprising:
- a seat belt configured to be stretched in front of an occupant sitting in a sitting position of a seat of the vehicle;
- a retractor that is provided on a first side out of left and right sides of the vehicle relative to the sitting position of the seat and is configured to wind a first end out of ends of the seat belt;
- an inner tongue having a tongue hole;
- an inner buckle detachably coupled to the inner tongue;
- an outer support member fixed at a position that is on the first side relative to the sitting position and is lower than the sitting position of the seat;
- and
- an inner support member fixed at a position that is on a second side out of the left and right sides of the vehicle relative to the sitting position and is lower than the sitting position of the seat, wherein
- the seat belt passes through the tongue hole of the inner tongue, behind the outer support member, and behind the inner support member,
- a second end out of the ends of the seat belt is fixed to the inner buckle,
- the seat belt is configured to, when the inner tongue is coupled to the inner buckle, form an annular portion that is annular around a waist of the occupant sitting in the sitting position of the seat between the inner buckle and the outer support member, and
- the outer support member and the inner support member are located inward of the annular portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.