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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Dana Conner, Southfield, MI (US);
Jeff Hammoud, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Sami Jarmak, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/02 (2006.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/02 (2013.01); B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60R 21/16 (2013.01); B60R 2021/162 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes: a dashboard with load sensors and airbag(s), a seat, processor(s) configured to: (a) detect load on the dashboard, (b) generate a display based on (a), (c) count time elapsed since (b), (d) activate a vibrating motor of the seat based on (a) and (c), (e) count time elapsed since (d), (f) disable the airbag(s) based on (a) and (e).