Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha

Eiji Konno

Tatsuo Tada

Takashi Murakami

A through anchor suitable for use in a seat belt system is disclosed. In use, the through anchor is mounted by way of a through bore formed in a fixing member arranged on a side of a vehicle body. The through anchor comprises a metal plate, a fixing bolt, a resin covering and an internally-threaded member. The metal plate defines therein a through hole and a webbing slot. The fixing bolt has a head portion, a threaded portion and a base portion. The resin covering is molded as an integral member on a surface of the head portion of the fixing bolt and a surface of the metal plate. The internally-threaded member has a cylindrical portion and a flange portion extending radially and outwardly from the cylindrical portion. In use, the internally-threaded member is threadedly mounted on the fixing bolt with the fixing member interposed therebetween, the cylindrical portion extends through the through bore and encloses therein the threaded portion of the fixing bolt, and the flange portion holds in place the fixing bolt relative to the direction of an axis of said fixing bolt.

Through anchor for seat belt system

A webbing retractor includes a base, a take-up spindle supported rotatably on the base, a ratchet wheel mounted on the take-up spindle, a pawl engageable with the ratchet wheel, and a means supporting the pawl on the base. The supporting means includes a pawl pin having a large-diameter portion and small-diameter portion, a hole receiving the small-diameter portion of the pawl pin, a means for preventing the pawl pin from slipping off from the hole, and a bulged part pressed out in the direction of the thickness of the base. The bulged part has outer wall defining the hole and extending substantially in parallel to the base and a shoulder portion extending between the base and outer wall. The large-diameter portion of the pawl pin is arranged within the bulged part.

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