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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:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth H. Kohlndorfer, Roseville, MI (US);
Mark F. Gray, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Markell Seitzman, Orchard Lake, MI (US);
Mohannad F. Murad, Troy, MI (US);
Hossam Almasri, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Randal Gosk, Troy, MI (US);
Lawrence M. Refior, Romeo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/203 ; B60R 2/202 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/203 ; B60R 2/202 ;
Abstract
A system ( ) comprising a buckle presenter ( ) and/or a tongue presenter ( ) and mechanism to activate and control each presenter. The buckle presenter and tongue presenter ( ) are used to respectively move a seat belt buckle ( ) and a corresponding tongue ( ) from a stowed position to activated positions generally in front of the occupant to make the process of inserting the tongue into the buckle more convenient.