Patent ID: 6641222
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A seat belt guide comprising a guide body having a flexing bar around which a seat belt webbing can be guided, the flexing bar having two ends, a fixing plate fixed to a vehicle structure around the longitudinal axis of a cylindrical passage through the fixing plate, two flexing bar carriers connecting the flexing bar at said two ends to the fixing plate, weak points having a deformation of the guide body defining in a region of the fixing plate and the two flexing bar carriers, the weak points having notches and arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical center lane of the guide body, and an angle of incidence between the flexing bar and the fixing plate being at least 15Â°, the angle of incidence being formed between a plane located midway between front and back surfaces of the fixing plate and parallel to said surfaces, and a line passing through a highest point of the flexing bar and the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical passage.