Patent 7845734 was granted and assigned to Takata Corporation on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
To provide a vehicle seatbelt capable of suppressing the reduction in the power holding of a buckle webbing, a vehicle seatbelt includes a buckle webbing and a buckle mounted at an end of the buckle webbing. The buckle webbing is provided with a webbing loop portion connected to the buckle. The vehicle seatbelt also includes an elastic holding band for holding the buckle webbing inside the seat by stretching the buckle webbing. In the webbing loop portion a band guide member is mounted. The elastic holding band passes through the band guide member and is routed to wrap around the webbing loop portion.