Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Belt load modulation for vehicle front oblique impacts
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Application No.: US15699480Application Date: 2017-09-08
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Publication No.: US10525923B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Christopher Stephen O'Connor , Jacob Wookeun Lee , Elizabeth G. Owen , Keith Trudgeon , Jamel E. Belwafa
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60R22/34
- IPC: B60R22/34 ; B60R21/01 ; B60R22/28 ; B60R21/0136 ; B60R21/0132 ; B60R21/00

Abstract:
A system includes a sensor, a controller, and a seatbelt retractor. The controller is programmed to receive a signal from the sensor indicating detection of a vehicle front oblique impact. The seatbelt retractor includes a load limiting mechanism selectively releasable from a high load mode to a low load mode. The controller is programmed to release the load limiting mechanism from the high load mode to the low load mode at a predetermined time in response to a signal from the sensor indicating a vehicle front oblique impact.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190077354A1 BELT LOAD MODULATION FOR VEHICLE FRONT OBLIQUE IMPACTS Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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