Patent ID: 6837520

Claim:
An arrangement for securing a belt retractor on a body part of a motor vehicle, comprising: a generally U-shaped housing, the housing supporting therein a belt shaft on which a belt is wound and from which the belt can be unwound, the housing having side shanks and a fastening bracket projecting outwardly from the housing, the fastening bracket having an access opening formed therein for receipt therethrough of a securement means operable to secure the belt retractor to the body part of the motor vehicle; and an additional mounting plate in the form of a reinforcement plate cooperating with the fastening bracket of the housing in the securement of the belt retractor on the body part, the reinforcement plate being a discrete component separate from the body part of the motor vehicle whose securement to the body part of the motor vehicle is effected solely via the operation of the securement means and the reinforcement plate having an access opening for the receipt therethrough of the respective securement means to be received through the access opening of the fastening bracket and the reinforcement plate having a slot-shaped opening through which the fastening bracket of the housing of the belt retractor is insertable in a manner such that the fastening bracket is intermediate the reinforcement plate and the body part of the motor vehicle upon mounting of the belt retractor on the body part of the motor vehicle and the access openings in the fastening bracket and the reinforcement plate are aligned with one another, whereupon cinching of the securement means extending serially through the reinforcement plate, the fastening bracket of the housing, and thereafter into the body part of the motor vehicle effects compressive securement of the fastening bracket between the reinforcement plate and the body part of the motor vehicle by reason of the intermediate position of the fastening bracket of the housing between the reinforcement plate and the body part of the motor vehicle.