JP2000159060A - Car seat belt - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car seat belt to be put on in such a way that a locking belt on the car body side is drawn out to a lock hole in a buckle part on the seat side and a lock plate at the forefront of the locking belt is inserted into the lock hole to generate locking, wherein insertion and locking of the lock plate in the lock hole can be conducted very easily even in a dark cabin and other person in the car can properly notice that the driver works without putting on the seat belt. SOLUTION: A lock hole illumination part 10 in which a miniature electric bulb 9 is installed in a cover case 11, is provided above the long edge of a rectangular lock hole 4 in a buckle part 2, and has an electric circuit to be turned on and off by a limit switch 14 installed in the case 8 of the buckle part 2, and when a lock plate 3 is not properly fitted in the lock hole 4 and locked, the illumination part 10 lights up, and it is put off when the lock plate 3 is fitted normally in the lock hole 4 and locked.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is required to be worn during running in order to prevent or minimize injuries in the event of an accident of a driver / passenger by being mounted on a vehicle interior seat. Automotive seat belts.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Seat belts for automobiles are shown in FIG.
A buckle 2 attached to the seat side is combined with a hanging belt 1 having a lock plate 3 at the front end, which can be extended and contracted through a hanging portion 6 attached to an upper portion of the cabin side wall. Has a structure in which a rectangular lock hole 4 and one long side of the lock hole 4 are formed in the head and a release button 5 arranged in parallel with the lock hole 4 is provided on the head. The lock plate 3 is stopped at the hanging portion 6 by being pulled into and housed in the “withdrawal storage portion 7” on the vehicle body side through the hanging portion 6.

[0003] When the driver sits down on the seat and drives, the driver picks up the lock plate 3 by hand and engages the locking belt 1.
, The lock plate 3 is inserted into the lock hole 4 of the buckle portion 2 and set. As a result, the lock plate 3 is snap-locked to the buckle portion 2 with a "click", and the driver seats the seat belt 1 on the seat. "Wrap around the first half of the lower abdomen, and diagonally hang it over the shoulder and lower abdomen." Then, at the end of the operation, when the release button 5 of the buckle part 2 is pressed with a fingertip, the lock of the lock plate 3 is released, and the hanging belt 1 is separated from the buckle part 2 so that the seat belt becomes loose. I have.

[0004]

In the above vehicle seat belt, since the buckle portion 2 is located at a low position beside the driver's seat, the lock plate at the tip of the hook band 1 stretched with one hand. When inserting and setting the lock hole 3 into the lock hole 4 of the buckle portion 2, it is necessary to visually confirm the position of the lock hole 4 (it is difficult to insert the feeling only with the fingertips which cannot be confirmed with the eyes unless the vehicle is sufficiently familiar). Therefore, when the interior of the cabin is dark, it is difficult to see it and it is necessary to illuminate a room lamp or the like, which is troublesome. In addition, if the driver forgets to wear the seat belt 1 while driving, the driver will buckle his line of sight while driving. A slight time diversion in the direction of part 2 results in unsafe driving.

Further, since the buckle portion 2 for the driver is located at a position that is difficult for the passenger to see, even if the driver forgets to wear the seat belt, the passenger does not notice it and does not pay attention. And lacks non-wearing displayability. The present invention provides an automobile seat belt that solves the above-mentioned disadvantages of the related art.

[0006]

An automobile seat belt according to the present invention, which solves the above technical problem, comprises a case body having a rectangular lock hole and a release button along the long side of the lock hole on the head. In a vehicle seat belt including a buckle portion on a seat side and a vehicle-side buckle having a lock plate that is inserted and locked in the lock hole,
The buckle portion includes a lock hole illumination unit on the upper side of the long side of the lock hole facing the release button, and an on / off switch of the lock hole illumination unit provided in the case body. An electric circuit that lights up when the lock plate and the buckle portion are not locked and turns off when the lock plate is normally locked in the lock hole ”.

That is, the automobile seat belt of the present invention comprises:
When the locking plate on the vehicle body is stretched and the lock plate is inserted into the lock hole of the buckle and set, the visual confirmation of the position of the lock hole in a dark atmosphere is greatly facilitated by the "lock hole illumination unit", and driving is performed. The danger state when the driver forgets to wear the seat belt can be accurately detected by all the occupants by the illumination of the “lock hole illumination unit”. As a mode of the basic configuration, there is a case where “lighting of the lock hole illuminating portion” is turned on and off, or “a luminous light emitting portion provided with a luminous substance” is provided on the light receiving surface of the release button by the lock hole illuminating portion. .

[0008]

In the vehicle seatbelt of the present invention having the above-described structure, the lock hole illuminating portion is provided at the head of the buckle portion. The lock set of the lock plate in the inside becomes easy to do, and the visual confirmation of the lock hole at the time of wearing the seat belt during driving due to forgetting to wear can be accurately grasped by the instantaneous visual recognition of “click”. In the flashing display of the above aspect, the danger display function provided by the lock illuminating portion is further improved, and in the one having the phosphorescent light emitting portion, the shape of the lock hole is more easily seen, and the above operation becomes more remarkable.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, referring to FIG. 1 showing a first embodiment of a passenger car seat belt, a lock hole 4 having a rectangular hole and a release button 5 similar to those shown in FIG. In an automobile seat belt including a buckle portion 2 and a locking belt 1 having a lock plate 3 that is inserted into and locked in a lock hole 4, an outer long side portion 12 of the lock hole 4 of the buckle portion 2 (the edge of the release button 5). The lock hole illumination unit 1 in which the mini-bulb 9 is installed in the cover case 11
“0” is provided along the long side portion 12, and when the electric circuit of the vehicle body is energized by the engine key, the mini-bulb 9 is turned on and the lock hole 4 is illuminated.

That is, in the inside of the case body 8, the cord 1 pulled out from a wire harness (not shown)
When the lock plate 3 is not inserted and locked, a limit switch 14 for turning on and off a circuit connecting the mini-bulb 9 to the mini-bulb 9 is turned on. When the lock portion 3 is turned on and the lock plate 3 is inserted into the lock hole 4 and a normal lock state is established, the limit switch 14 is turned off and the lock hole illumination portion 10 is turned off.

The above-described seat belt for an automobile according to the embodiment shown in FIG.
When inserted into the lock hole 4
And the lock hole illuminating unit 10 is lit when the driver forgets to wear the seat belt, so that the work of wearing the seat belt is particularly easy to perform, and it is possible to accurately and quickly find out the forgetting to wear.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. That is, in the vehicle seat belt shown in FIG. 2, the same lock hole illuminating unit 10 as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. On the upper surface of the button 5 and on the periphery of the lock hole 4, “the light-storing light emitting portion 1 made of a
5 "is provided.

More specifically, the phosphorescent light emitting section 15 is made of an alkaline earth aluminate as a host crystal, and contains europium (E).
U) as an activator and dysprosium (DY) as an activator, a fluorescent substance (for example, Luminova (trade name) manufactured by Nemoto Special Chemical Co., Ltd.), or a known sulfide phosphor to which a paint is added to which a paint is applied. It is formed. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, since the light storing and emitting section 15 which is illuminated by the lock hole illuminating section 10 emits light and emits the shape of the lock hole 4, the lock plate 3 is inserted into the lock hole 4 in a dark atmosphere. Becomes easier.

The seatbelt of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the mini-bulb 9 may be turned on and off in order to make the operation of the lock hole illumination unit 10 more effective. Naturally, it is applied to the belt of the seat in the cabin other than the seat.

[0015]

As described above, in the vehicle seat belt of the present invention, when the seat belt is worn prior to driving, the lock hole 4 of the buckle portion 2 is illuminated, so that the belt can be easily locked. In addition, the operation of setting a seatbelt in an unfamiliar body or in a dark vehicle is simplified by eliminating the operation of "finding a lock hole or turning on a room lamp", and a quick and accurate setting can be performed.

Since the head of the buckle portion 2 emits light when the driver forgets to wear the seat belt, the passenger immediately notices that the seat belt is not worn, and pays attention. Since the position of the lock hole 4 during driving can be visually recognized for a moment, the unsafe state due to the non-wearing of the seat belt can be properly eliminated, and the improvement of safe driving can be promoted. There are the above effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A and 1B show an automobile seat belt according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing the structure thereof, and FIG. 1B is a plan view of a buckle portion thereof.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a buckle portion of an automobile seat belt according to another embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B show a conventional automobile seat belt, in which FIG. 3A is a perspective view showing a structure thereof, and FIG. 3B is a side view of a buckle portion thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hanging belt 2 Buckle part 3 Lock plate 4 Lock hole 5 Release button 8 Case body 9 Mini light bulb 10 Lock hole illumination part 11 Cover case 13 Code 14 Limit switch 15 Luminescent light emitting part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle body having a seat-side buckle portion comprising a case body having a rectangular lock hole and a release button along a long side of the lock hole on a head portion, and a lock plate inserted into the lock hole and locked. In the automobile seat belt comprising a hanging belt of the above, in the buckle portion, a lock hole illumination portion on a long side upper portion of the lock hole facing the release button, and an on / off switch of the lock hole illumination portion is provided in the case. A structure provided in the body, wherein the lock hole illumination unit is configured to be turned on when the lock plate and the buckle unit are not locked, and to be turned off when the lock plate is normally locked to the lock hole. An automotive seat belt characterized by the following. 2. A vehicle seat belt according to claim 1, wherein a light-storing light-emitting portion made of a light-storing substance is provided on a light-receiving surface of the head portion of the buckle by the lock hole illumination portion.