Energy Absorbing Anchor for Child Safety Seat

摘要

A bracket for securing a child seat in a vehicle includes a base, a tether connection portion receiving a tether extending from the child seat, and a hinge portion connecting the base portion and the connection portion. The hinge portion deforms when a designed yield load is applied to the tether connection portion by the tether. A deflection stop adjacent the hinge portion contacts the tether connection portion to limit rotation of the tether connection portion. A rotation limiter secured to the vehicle contacts the bracket to limit its rotated about an axis generally perpendicular to a mounting surface. The base portion includes a first plate and a second plate joined by a load tuning bend permitting adjustment of a mounting angle between the first and second plate. to further tune the deflection loading of the bracket for a particular installation.