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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:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Craig Smith, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
Occupant sensing system ( ) for detecting the presence of an occupant within an automotive vehicle ( ) includes a seat belt sensor ( ) for detecting a buckled condition of the seat belt. An ignition sensor ( ) generates an ignition-off signal. An indicator ( ) is coupled to a controller ( ), the seat belt sensor ( ), and the ignition sensor ( ). The controller controls the indicator in response to the seat belt buckled signal and ignition-off signal.