| US 7,543,852 B2 | ||
| Seat belt assembly having length adjustable service arm | ||
| Vasudeva Sankarshana Murthy, Ann Arbor, Mich. (US); Aaron Robert Latour, Essex (Canada); Steven Edward Owen, Amherstburg (Canada); and Jeffrey Clark, Windsor (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, Ky. (US); and Quality Safety Systems, Tecumseh (Canada) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 15, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/304,082. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0138782 A1, Jun. 21, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 21/10 (2006.01); B60R 22/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—801.2 [280/808; 248/297.31; 297/468] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A seat belt assembly for a vehicle comprising:
an anchor portion having an anchor bolt attached to a vehicle preventing movement of the anchor bolt relative to the vehicle;
a seat belt web associated with the anchor portion;
a sheath member coupled to the anchor portion, the sheath member having connected opposing top and bottom surfaces and opposing
side surfaces defining an interior cavity, the sheath member including a plurality detents formed on the opposing side surfaces;
an extension plate having opposing proximal and distal ends and opposing top and bottom surfaces bounded by opposing lateral
edges, the proximal end slidingly disposed within the interior cavity of the sheath member, the extension plate having a pair
of arms formed on the opposing lateral edges;
an extension arm formed about the extension plate, the extension arm having first and second ends, the first end coupled to
the proximal end of the extension plate, the second end having a web guide formed thereon, the extension arm is spaced from
the sheath member for allowing unrestricted movement of the extension arm within the sheath member;
wherein the pair of opposing arms releasably engage the plurality of detents for telescopic adjustment of the extension arm
such that the web guide is moveable to a plurality of positions.
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