Motor vehicle seat with on-board safety belt and arrangement of the seat in the passenger compartment of the vehicle

US5971491A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ECIA-Equipments et Composants pour l'Industrie Automobile · FR

Inventors

• Francois Fourrey · Montargis, FR
• Pierre-Andre Laporte · Gatineau, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 26, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2022/4614
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat comprises a safety belt (24) having three anchoring points borne by the seat (10). The belt (24) has two straps--a diagonal strap (26) and a lap strap (28)--which are connected to the anchoring points. The diagonal strap (26) has an upper end (E1) and a lower end (E2) which is common to the lap strap (28). This upper end (E1) and this lower end (E2) are placed on opposite sides--left and right--of the seat, so that the diagonal strap (26) extends obliquely from top to bottom of the seat. The upper end (E1) and lower end (E2) of the diagonal strap (26) can be switched over between the left-hand side and the right-hand side of the seat. The seat (10) preferably comprises two upper belt turn fixtures--a left-hand one (40) and a right-hand one (42)--and the belt (24) has two catches (36,38) which are intended to be fastened into two buckles--a left-hand one (32) and a right-hand one (34)--borne by the seat.