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US 5,176,403 AGranted
Safety belt arrangement for the rear seat unit of a motor vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDieter Klein, Willi Wurl
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AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDieter Klein, Willi Wurl
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A safety belt arrangement for the rear seat unit of a motor vehicle comprises a diagonal upper-torso belt, the upper end of which interacts with a belt retractor which is fastened to a stationary component arranged behind the rear seat unit. In order to provide, for a motor vehicle having a folding top and a rear-side top compartment, a safety belt arrangement for the rear seat unit in which the belt retractor mounted on the upper end of the diagonal upper-torso belt is arranged to ensure a proper operation and can absorb high forces, it is provided that the diagonal upper-torso belt is guided by means of a guiding element over the upper edge of an upright transversely extending front boundary wall of the top compartment and in that the belt retractor is arranged below the guiding element in a recess of the top compartment in a covered manner.
In combination, a safety belt arrangement and a convertible motor vehicle having a seat unit, the convertible further having a top compartment defining a space for storing a retractable convertible top, said top compartment being arranged behind the seat unit and having a forward boundary wall, said safety belt arrangement comprising an upper end of a diagonal upper-torso belt interacting with a belt retractor which is fastened to a stationary component forming said forward boundary wall and arranged behind the seat unit, wherein the diagonal uppertorso belt is guided from one side of the boundary wall to the other over an upper edge of the upright boundary forward wall of the top compartment by means of a guiding element, said boundary wall defining a rearwardly facing recess therein and wherein the belt retractor is arranged below the guiding element in the recess of the boundary wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.