US 12,263,805 B2
Vehicle seatbelt height adjuster preventing against inertial unlocking
Andrey Ivov Kossev, Newark, CA (US)
Assigned to Atieva, Inc., Newark, CA (US)
Filed by Atieva, Inc., Newark, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/328,505.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/481,554, filed on Jan. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0246507 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 22/20 (2006.01); B60R 22/24 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/203 (2013.01) [B60R 22/24 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A height adjuster for a vehicle seatbelt, the height adjuster comprising:
a rail having windows, each of the windows corresponding to a different height adjustment of the height adjuster for the vehicle seatbelt;
a slider configured to be slidingly adjusted relative to the rail, along a first direction, to any of multiple positions, each of the multiple positions associated with a corresponding one of the windows;
a first pin slidingly mounted to the slider, the first pin being moveable in a second direction between (i) an extended position in which the first pin engages with one of the windows and the slider is restricted, and (ii) a retracted position where the first pin does not engage with any of the windows and the slider is not restricted, wherein the second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and
an actuator coupled to the first pin and configured for moving the first pin to the retracted position, the actuator including a first rotatable member abutting the first pin in the extended position to restrict the first pin from moving in the second direction out of the one of the windows, the actuator configured to move the first rotatable member upon actuation to allow the first pin to assume the retracted position, wherein the first rotatable member is configured to be rotated about a first pivot, the first pivot being substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein the actuator further comprises a lever configured to be rotated about a second pivot, the second pivot being substantially parallel to the first pivot, wherein a first end of the lever is the first rotatable member.