US 4,362,320 AGranted

Webbing driving guide

AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

InventorsMitsuhiro Ogura, Toshio Saito

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Abstract

A webbing driving guide, used in a seatbelt system wherein one end of an occupant restraining webbing is secured to a door of a vehicle, has a roller for moving the intermediate portion of the webbing forward in the vehicle along the door while the door is opened. The roller is connected to driving means provided in the door by way of an arm and a bracket. The bracket is supported by the driving device in such a manner that the bracket is disposed at a position being a distance of 1/5 to 2/5 the effective webbing supporting length apart from one end of the roller and the bracket is secured to the driving means through a mounting bolt being twisted at a predetermined angle with the axis of the roller. Hence, the outer webbing does not move greatly in the widthwise direction thereof when the outer webbing moves in the longitudinal direction thereof in a condition of being wound on the roller.

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Dependent claims

A webbing driving guide for use in a seatbelt system having a webbing, at least one end of which is engaged with a door, and another end of which is engaged with a retractor, said webbing being movable forward or rearward in a vehicle in accordance with the respective opening or closing action of said door whereby an occupant of said vehicle is free to enter and leave said vehicle, comprising:

(a) suspending means for suspending an intermediate portion of said webbing on the side of said door, said suspending means including,
a roller, on which said webbing is wound,
an arm supporting said roller,
a bracket secured to said arm at a position apart from one end of said roller by a distance of 1/5 to 2/5 of a length which is defined by the length of said roller which effectively supports said webbing in a lateral direction of said webbing, said bracket being twisted at a predetermined angle so that an end of said roller farthest from said bracket recedes from an inner side surface of said door;
(b) supporting means for supporting said suspending means at said door;
(c) driving means for driving said supporting means to drive said suspending means along a guide member on said door;
and
(d) connecting means for connecting said suspending means to said supporting means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.