Patent ID: 6637825
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A safety belt-reversing device for a belt on a motor vehicle seat, the device comprising:(a) a sheet metal body coupled to the base of the seat, said sheet metal body comprising: (i) a saddle acting as a running surface, said saddle having a ridge, a belt inlet side, a belt outlet side, a lower section, and face sides; (ii) a plurality of stiffening tabs coupled to said face sides of said saddle; (iii) a plurality of foot elements formed as oppositely spaced sheet metal tabs; and (iv) a plurality of upwardly shaped ears extending up from said saddle, said ears for limiting an area on which the belt runs sideways; (b) a belt guiding element arranged in a ridge of said saddle, above a surface on which the belt is running, and for limiting a slot for the belt; and (c) a horizontally aligned cross bar coupled on both sides to said foot elements wherein said cross bar is spaced apart from said plurality of stiffening tabs, and wherein said plurality of foot elements are designed so that they buckle away under the stresses occurring in a crash situation, and said sheet metal body sags down to a point where the stiffening tabs touch a top of said horizontally aligned cross bar.