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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2006
Masroor Fahim, Canton, MI (US);
Todd Rupert Muck, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Yi-ru Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bill Deming, Fenton, MI (US);
Masroor Fahim, Canton, MI (US);
Todd Rupert Muck, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Yi-Ru Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bill Deming, Fenton, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat belt guide includes first and second walls each having opposite top and bottom ends. A pair of generally parallel end walls extends from the first wall. The end walls are spaced apart for retaining the seat belt in a transverse direction. A pair of generally parallel side walls extends from the second wall. The side walls are spaced apart for retaining the seat belt in the transverse direction. First and second lips protrude outwardly for maintaining the seat belt spaced apart from the second wall to minimize friction associated with sliding of the seat belt through the guide. A pair of retaining walls extends toward each other from the pair of side walls, the retaining walls being spaced apart from the second wall for retaining the seat belt therebetween.