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US 9,428,144 B2Granted
Three piece hidden D-ring seat belt restraint
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsWilliam Bauer, John Andrew Stakoe, Mahesh Bhattacharyya, Paul Tuomisto, Christopher Donald Schop
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Abstract
A seatbelt assembly includes an adjuster having a guide slidable in a first direction. The assembly also includes a cover defining upper and lower edges and coupled with the guide and first and second extension plates slidably disposed relative to the cover in the first direction so as to be extendable respectively from the upper and lower edges thereof and to be retractable behind the cover.
Claims20
A seatbelt assembly, comprising:
- an adjuster having a guide slidable in a first direction;
- a cover defining upper and lower edges and coupled with the guide;
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- upper and lower extension plates slidably disposed relative to the cover in the first direction on opposite sides of the cover so as to be extendable respectively from the upper and lower edges thereof and to be retractable behind the cover.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a structural pillar;
- a seatbelt adjuster having a track coupled with the pillar and a guide slidable along the track;
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- a panel assembly, including:
- a cover defining upper and lower edges and coupled with the guide;
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- upper and lower extension plates oppositely and slidably disposed relative to the cover so as to be extendable respectively from the upper and lower edges thereof and to be retractable behind the cover.
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A vehicle interior panel assembly, comprising:
- a panel defining a window therein having a height;
- a cover coupled with the panel to be slidable along a distance and having a length of less than a sum of the height of the window and the distance by a gap length;
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- upper and lower extension plates slidably coupled with the panel on opposite sides thereof, each extension plate having a length greater than the gap length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.