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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2021
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Charles A. Bartlett, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Andreas Fleckner, Radolfzell, DE;
Harald Pfriender, Radolfzell, DE;
Kiran Balasubramanian, Canton, MI (US);
Huahn-Fern Yeh, Novi, MI (US);
Julian Scherer, Radolfzell, DE;
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
According to one aspect, a vehicle safety system includes an actuatable controlled restraint (ACR) comprising a seatbelt for restraining a vehicle occupant. The ACR is actuatable to control payout and retraction of the seatbelt. The system also includes a controller configured to determine operating conditions of the vehicle and to control the actuation of the ACR in response to the determined operating conditions of the vehicle. The ACR has a normal restraint condition and an enhanced restraint condition, the controller being configured to actuate the ACR from the normal restraint condition to the enhanced restraint condition in response to determining abnormal driving conditions of the vehicle.