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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Tien Vo, Southfield, MI (US);
Brian Robert Spahn, Plymouth, MI (US);
Benjamin Yilma, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/24 (2006.01); B60R 22/12 (2006.01); B60R 22/36 (2006.01); B60R 22/28 (2006.01); B60R 22/48 (2006.01); B60R 22/38 (2006.01); B60R 22/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/36 (2013.01); B60R 22/12 (2013.01); B60R 22/24 (2013.01); B60R 22/28 (2013.01); B60R 2022/1818 (2013.01); B60R 2022/284 (2013.01); B60R 2022/285 (2013.01); B60R 2022/385 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4825 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seatbelt assembly includes a seatbelt retractor, a support spaced from the seatbelt retractor, and a webbing retractably engaged with the seatbelt retractor. The webbing is moveable relative to the support. The seatbelt assembly includes a magnet and a conductive material adjacent the magnet. One of the magnet and the conductive material is fixed to the support, and the other of the magnet and the conductive material is moveable by the webbing relative to the support.