US 12,491,836 B2
Load-bearing seatbelt retractor and seat structure
Arndt Söhnchen, Hamburg (DE); Ronald Jabusch, Elmshorn (DE); Hans-Jörg Langhoff, Bönningstedt (DE); Antto-Christian Glaesser, Hasloh (DE); Alexandru Cirstea, Elmshorn (DE); and Jens Ehlers, Horst (DE)
Assigned to AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, Vargarda (SE)
Appl. No. 18/279,749
Filed by AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, Vargarda (SE)
PCT Filed Feb. 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/054600
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/184532, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 105 010.3 (DE), filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0308463 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60R 22/26 (2006.01); B60R 22/34 (2006.01); B60R 22/46 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/4628 (2013.01) [B60N 2/688 (2013.01); B60R 2022/3402 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load-bearing seatbelt retractor for a seat structure of a vehicle seat, wherein
the seatbelt retractor has two housing halves, between which are arranged functional modules of the belt retractor, wherein
one functional module is a belt reel with a winding axis,
the two housing halves form two mutually parallel receptacles in the seatbelt retractor, which are oriented perpendicular to the winding axis, wherein two seat bars can be inserted into the receptacles,
wherein the two housing halves are in contact at least on two contact lines, one above and one below the functional modules with respect to an insertion direction of the receptacles, wherein
the contact line below the functional modules splits open on both sides along the winding axis such that respective intermediate spaces open toward the receptacles are formed.