Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seatbelt assist device and vehicle seat
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Application No.: US16887226Application Date: 2020-05-29
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Publication No.: US10933840B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Atsushi Yamabe , Noriyuki Yamato , Haruki Mochizuki
- Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Asaka
- Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Asaka
- Agency: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: JPJP2014-160884 20140806,JPJP2014-160885 20140806,JPJP2014-160886 20140806,JPJP2015-102041 20150519
- Main IPC: B60R22/26
- IPC: B60R22/26 ; B60R22/03 ; B60N2/90 ; B60R22/18

Abstract:
Provided is a belt assist device having a compact configuration and being configured to move a seatbelt to an easily reachable position. A vehicle seat includes a belt assist device attached to a lateral portion of a seat back and configured to move a portion of a seatbelt placed on the lateral portion to the easily reachable position. The belt assist device includes a rotary member attached to a recessed housing portion of the lateral portion via a rotary shaft and configured to rotate up and down between a housing position at which the rotary member is housed in the seat back and a protruding position at which the rotary member rotates to protrude forward of the seat back to push out a portion of the seatbelt. The rotary member is disposed forward of a belt guide provided at the periphery of an upper end of the seat back.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200290559A1 SEATBELT ASSIST DEVICE AND VEHICLE SEAT Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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