Mazda Motor Corporation

Hiroaki Enomoto

Yukihiro Moriyama

Takashi Mizuma

Kouji Kishino

A seat belt system for a vehicle, for restraining an occupant in a seat disposed in a compartment of the vehicle. The vehicle comprises an opening formed on at least one side of the vehicular body, and a first door moving between a first state where the first door closes at least a part of the opening and a second state where the first door opens the opening. The seat belt system includes a belt webbing, a retractor disposed in the first door for retracting the proximal end of the belt webbing, and a sliding device fixed on a lower edge of the opening, to which the distal end of the belt webbing is attached. The sliding device permits the distal end of the belt webbing to slide along the lower edge of the opening between a forward position and a rearward position. The distal end of the belt webbing is located at the rearward position when the first door is in the second state.

Seat belt system for vehicles

One large opening ( ) formed in a car body side portion and continuous in a back-and-forth direction is opened and closed by front and rear side doors ( ). When the side doors ( ) are closed, a lap portion ( ) is formed where a rear end of the front side door ( ) overlaps a front end of the rear side door ( ) externally in a direction of car width. A reinforcing member ( ) extending in a vertical direction is disposed on the rear side door ( ) in the vicinity of the lap portion ( ). The rear end of a front impact bar ( ) disposed in the front side door ( ) extends to the lap portion ( ). The front end of a rear impact bar ( ) disposed in the rear side door ( ) is connected to the reinforcing member ( ).

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Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroaki Enomoto