US 12,005,853 B2
Seatbelt anchor mounting structure
Yoshiyuki Wakuta, Nagoya (JP); and Hiroyuki Tsubokawa, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/115,287.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-069871 (JP), filed on Apr. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339426 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 22/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/22 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seatbelt anchor mounting structure comprising:
a floor panel on which a seatbelt anchor is mounted;
a cross member disposed below the floor panel; and
a reinforcement disposed below the floor panel and fixed to the seatbelt anchor together with the floor panel, wherein the reinforcement is fixed to the cross member at a position above an anchor mounting point that is a mounting point of the seatbelt anchor on the floor panel, and is fixed to the cross member at a position below the anchor mounting point, wherein:
the floor panel includes a first floor surface portion, a floor inclined surface portion rising from a vehicle rear side end portion of the first floor surface portion toward a vehicle rear side and an upper side, and a second floor surface portion extending from an upper end portion of the floor inclined surface portion toward the vehicle rear side, and the seatbelt anchor is mounted on the floor inclined surface portion;
the cross member includes a bottom wall disposed below and on the vehicle rear side of the anchor mounting point, a front wall extending upward from a vehicle front side end portion of the bottom wall, a rear side wall extending upward from a vehicle rear side end portion of the bottom wall, a front flange extending toward a vehicle front side from an upper end portion of the front wall and disposed above and on the vehicle rear side of the anchor mounting point, and a rear flange extending toward the vehicle rear side from an upper end portion of the rear side wall, and the cross member is fixed to the second floor surface portion by the front flange and the rear flange from below;
the reinforcement includes a front wall, an upper wall, and a lower wall vertically facing the upper wall; and
the reinforcement is fixed to the seatbelt anchor together with the floor panel at the front wall, is fixed to the front flange of the cross member at the upper wall, and is fixed to the bottom wall of the cross member at the lower wall.