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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2024
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Tiffany M. Sontag, Milan, MI (US);
Ryan M. Mahn, Lambertville, MI (US);
Mark D. Clauser, Saline, MI (US);
Juliana M. Said, Chelsea, MI (US);
Yi-Ru C. Sosnowski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A seat belt buckle assembly for use with a seat belt of a vehicle includes a bracket having a first portion configured to be fixed to a chassis of the vehicle and a second portion extending from the first portion away from the chassis. The seat belt buckle assembly further includes a buckle mounted to the second portion of the bracket and configured to selectively couple with a tongue of the seat belt. The bracket is configured to restrains motion of the buckle during a vehicle event. The seat belt buckle assembly further includes a receptacle defining an aperture extending therethrough, with the buckle at least partially disposed within the aperture and held by the receptacle for spatially locating the buckle within the vehicle.