| US 7,516,711 B2 | ||
| Buckle support assembly and manufacturing method and system | ||
| Thomas Messner, Grand Blanc, Mich. (US); Richard Jodts, Clinton Township, Mich. (US); Steve Marzi, Burton, Mich. (US); Marco Amaya, Nuevo Leon (Mexico); Juan Espinosa, Nuevo Leon (Mexico); Carlos Camarillo, Nuevo Leon (Mexico); and Paul Smith, Davison, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Takata Seat Belts, Inc., Auburn Hills, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 13, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/777,429. | ||
| Application 11/777429 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2006/001174, filed on Jan. 12, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/643466, filed on Jan. 13, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/680110, filed on May 12, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0001388 A1, Jan. 03, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. D05B 23/00 (2006.01); D05B 35/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 112—475.01 [112/475.06; 112/475.08; 112/470.33] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A method for forming a support assembly for a buckle, the method comprising:
folding a belt webbing so that there are at least four layers of belt webbing material for forming an elongate positioning
member for the buckle;
attaching the buckle to an upper end of the positioning member and an anchor to a lower end of the positioning member; and
stitching the four layers of belt webbing material together with stitches going through each of the four layers of belt webbing
material and along the majority of the length of the elongate positioning member so that adjacent layers are tightly engaged
with each other with no gaps or other material therebetween and so that the positioning member is exclusively formed of the
belt webbing material with strength of the positioning member for supporting the buckle at the upper end thereof being solely
provided by the belt webbing material.
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