US 8,573,649 B2 · Passenger automobile without B-column

Abstract

A passenger automobile without B-column is provided that has front side doors and rear side doors. Two front individual seats are arranged in the area of the front side doors and a rear seat arrangement is arranged in the area of the rear side doors. A column for accommodating three-point safety belts for the individual seats is mounted between the individual seats in the area of backrests of the individual seats. This column is mounted in the floor of the vehicle. The shoulder belt of the respective safety belt is mounted in the area of the upper end of the column and the lap belt of the respective safety belt is mounted in the area of the lower end of the column. In a passenger automobile without B-column, a structurally simple safety belt arrangement is provided that has a favorable design for the front individual seats.

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Dependent claims

A passenger automobile without a B-column, comprising:

a front door;
a rear side door;
two front individual seats that are arranged in an area of the front door;
a rear seat arrangement that is arranged in an area of the rear side door;
and
a column that is arranged between the two front individual seats in an area of backrests of the two front individual seats and mounted in a floor and is slightly inclined to a rear in relation to a vertical starting from the floor, which is configured to accommodate three-point safety belts for the two front individual seats;
a shoulder belt for each of the three-point safety belts that is mounted in the area of an upper end of the column;
and
a lap belt of for each of the three-point safety belts is mounted in a lower end of the column.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Passenger automobile without B-column

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Passenger automobile without B-column

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