Patent ID: 6454305
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An arrangement for adjustably mounting a restraint system to a vehicle body member while providing impact protection against forces directed outwardly from an occupant compartment of the vehicle against the body member, the arrangement comprising:a slot extending along a portion of the body member and opening toward the occupant compartment; a trim panel housed with the body member and slidable along the slot, the trim panel having a framing area adapted to receive a mounting portion of the restraint system, a first surface, bearing no energy absorbent material structure, adjacent a first end of the framing area and a second surface, bearing an energy absorbent material structure, adjacent a second end of the framing area; and an interior portion of the body member surrounding the slot and facing away from the occupant compartment and bearing an impact absorbent material structure including a bridge overlying a portion of the slot carrying the first surface of the trim panel.