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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael E. O'Boyle, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/900 ;
Abstract
A Villari effect seatbelt tension sensor comprises a sensor housing having a plunger chamber and a tongue head flange chamber therein. The two chambers and are separated by a radial flange extending therebetween defining a passage connecting the chambers. A Villari effect sensor is disposed axially within the sensor housing and is secured on one end to a plunger disposed within the plunger chamber and secured on the opposite end to a tongue head flange disposed within the tongue head flange chamber A tongue connected by a shaft to the tongue head flange has a slot therein for securing a seatbelt thereto.