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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jialiang Le, Canton, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/48 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/48 (2013.01); B60R 21/01548 (2014.10); B60R 2022/485 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4825 (2013.01);
Abstract
A belt assembly includes a belt, a first sensor and a second sensor. The belt has a webbing and a plurality of markers distinct from the webbing and fixed thereto. The markers are equally spaced a first longitudinal distance thereon in a longitudinal direction. The first sensor and the second sensor each have an associated detection field directed toward the belt and responsive to the markers in the fields. The second sensor is a second longitudinal distance from the first sensor differing from the first distance.