Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seating assembly for a vehicle with emitters of ultraviolet C radiation to disinfect seatbelt webbing
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Application No.: US16367915Application Date: 2019-03-28
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Publication No.: US10933821B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Johnathan Andrew Line , Daniel Ferretti , Michael Kolich , Scott Holmes Dunham , Edward Joseph DeSmet , Benjamin Yilma , Matthew Anthony Majkowski
- 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: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent David Coppiellie
- Main IPC: B60R15/00
- IPC: B60R15/00 ; A61L2/10 ; B60R22/34 ; B60R22/26

Abstract:
A seating assembly for a vehicle comprising: a seat; a seatback including an occupant side configured to contact and support an occupant of the seating assembly, a rear side that faces in the generally opposite direction as the occupant side, and a top portion; seatbelt webbing, the seatbelt webbing extending along the rear side of the seatback; a plurality of emitters of UVC radiation; and an emitter support structure attached to the seatback that supports the plurality of emitters of UVC radiation such that the plurality of emitters of UVC radiation emit UVC radiation onto the seatbelt webbing extending along the rear side of the seatback.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200307472A1 SEATING ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WITH EMITTERS OF ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION TO DISINFECT SEATBELT WEBBING Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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