Patent ID: 11951932
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An assembly comprising:
a vehicle pillar elongated along an axis;
a seatbelt retractor and a webbing retractably extendable from the retractor, the seatbelt retractor being lockable from an unlocked position in which the webbing is extendable from and retractable into the retractor to a locked position in which the retractor restricts extension of the webbing from the retractor;
a seatbelt guide supported by the pillar;
the seatbelt retractor being below the seatbelt guide, the webbing extending upwardly from the seatbelt retractor around the seatbelt guide;
a releasable connection fixing the seatbelt guide relative to the pillar when the seatbelt retractor is in the unlocked position and releasing the seatbelt guide relative to the pillar when force on the webbing exceeds a threshold when the seatbelt retractor is in the locked position; and
an energy absorber between the vehicle pillar and the seatbelt guide.