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US 4,902,040 AGranted
Guide rail mounting assembly for automotive passive seat belt system
AssigneesNissan Motor Co., Ltd., NSK-Warnar K.K.
InventorsKazumi Hira, Kenro Otsuka, Shunichi Kiyono
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Abstract
A mounting assembly comprises a rigid bracket having an essentially U-shaped portion and an elastic plate, the tip of which is fixed to the tip of the bracket. A guide rail of a passive seat belt system is inserted into a space between the inner surface of the shaped portion and the elastic plate to be secured to a vehicle body by a bolt.
Claims21
A mounting assembly for mounting a member on a stationary base, which comprises:
- a rigid bracket including an upper planar portion and a lower shaped portion shaped to support said member;
- and
- elastic means including an upper portion for engaging the upper planar portion of the rigid bracket and a lower portion for being deformed away from said bracket sufficient for inserting said member into the shaped portion and toward said bracket sufficient for retaining said member in said shaped portion.
A process for mounting a member on a stationary base, which comprises the steps of:
- preparing a mounting assembly including a rigid bracket, which has an upper plate portion and a lower shaped portion, and an elastic member, which has an upper portion and a lower portion, each of said upper plate and said upper portions being provided with an opening in which a bolt is inserted;
- engaging a tip of said upper plate portion with said upper portion so that said opening of said upper plate portion corresponds to that of said upper portion;
- deforming said lower portion away from said lower plate portion;
- inserting said member into a space between inner surfaces of said lower shaped portion and lower portion of said elastic member;
- and
- engaging said bolt with said opening to secure said mounting assembly to said stationary base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.