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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Young Rok Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/48 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01546 (2014.10); B60R 21/01548 (2014.10); B60R 22/48 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4816 (2013.01); B60R 2022/4825 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seat belt module includes a buckle having an internal slider and an insertion hole through which a tongue of a seat belt is configured to be inserted and fastened so that the slider protrudes above the tongue to be externally exposed of the buckle in a response to an insertion of the tongue. The seat belt module also includes a sensor mounted in an internal space of a vehicle to detect the slider exposed to the outside.