Interpretation ID: nht72-1.38

DATE: 08/21/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of August 11, 1972, requesting confirmation of your understanding of the phrase "the nearest contact point of the belt with the hardware attaching it to the anchorage", as used in S4.3.1.3 of Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 210.

You indicate that the buckle in the proposed Nissan belt system is attached to the seat structure by a rigid bracket. The nearest contact point of the belt with the hardware attaching it to the anchorage appears to be correctly shown in each of the drawings attached to your letter. The installation shown in the upper drawing is, as you suggest, the only one of the four that would meet the location requirements of S4.3.1.3.