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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Alan George Dry, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Mark A. Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Derek Board, Ferndale, MI (US);
Jimmy Moua, Canton, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a rail including a capacitive transmitter, a computer programmed to send an actuation identifier code along the capacitive transmitter, and a plurality of seats supported by the rail, each seat including a seat controller communicatively connected to the capacitive transmitter. Each seat controller is programmed to actuate a safety device when a device identifier code corresponding to the safety device matches the actuation identifier code.