Vehicle seat buckle
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsSatish Parida, Kenneth C. Farkas, Allen W. Holmes, Joseph B. a. Rajkumar, Jeffrey P. Medvecky
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Abstract
A seat buckle apparatus for use in a vehicle seat assembly having a seat back, a seat base, and a base portion, the seat buckle apparatus comprising a bracket member having a first end and a second end, the bracket member for coupling to the vehicle seat; a first belt buckle portion for being movably supported to the vehicle seat and having an upper end, a lower end, and an engagement member for engaging the bracket member; and wherein the bracket member will prevent the upper end of the belt buckle from contacting the seat back when the seat back is folded down on the seat base.
Claims13
A seat buckle apparatus for use in a vehicle seat assembly having a seat back, a seat base, and a base portion, the seat buckle apparatus comprising:
- a bracket member having a first end and a second end, wherein the bracket member couples the seat back to the seat base;
- a first belt buckle portion movably supported on the vehicle seat and having an upper end, a lower end, and an engagement member extending from the upper end of the first belt buckle portion for engaging an underside of the bracket member, wherein the bracket member prevents the upper end of the belt buckle from contacting the seat back when the seat back is folded down on the seat base.
A vehicle seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat back pivotably coupled to a seat base by a bracket member having a first end and a second end;
- a seat buckle apparatus;
- a first belt buckle portion movably supported on the vehicle seat and having an upper end, a lower end, and an engagement member extending from the upper end of the first belt buckle portion for engaging an underside of the bracket member wherein the bracket member prevents the upper end of the belt buckle from contacting the seat back when the seat back is folded down on the seat base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.