Restraint belt presenter

US6308986A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Joalto Design, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John A. Townsend · Troy, US
• John E. Campbell · Brookline, US
• Mohamed El-Sayed · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Arthur L. Guertin · Rockwood, US
• Michael Kaczmar · Farmington Hills, US
• Robert G. Walker · Ossian, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 14, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R22/03
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A restraint belt presenter assembly includes a restraint belt positioning member carried by a slidable member that is selectively driven by a track drive mechanism to move a restraint belt buckle assembly forward from its unused, storage position to a presentation position for easy grasping by a vehicle seat occupant. The slidable member is connected to a track that may optionally be pivotally mounted to elevate the restraint belt positioning member into the presentation position. Alternatively, the track member may include an inclined distal end, such that the slidable member moves upwardly into the presentation position. Another embodiment includes a pivoting shaft member that pivots the restraint belt buckle assembly forward for a starting position to the presentation position as the slidable member travel upwardly on an inclined track.