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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
John R. Dolan, Woodhaven, MI (US);
Romeo Joseph D. Garcia, Jr., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
James a Mckenzie, Haslett, MI (US);
John R. Dolan, Woodhaven, MI (US);
Romeo Joseph D. Garcia, Jr., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
James A McKenzie, Haslett, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The presence of a child restraint seat on a vehicle seat is detected by a child restraint seat anchor that is movable from a first position to a second position when a strap from the child restraint seat is coupled to the anchor. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the movable anchor is slidably mounted in a housing and slides against the bias of at least one spring when the child restraint seat is coupled thereto. A micro switch is activated upon the moveable anchor sliding from the first position to the second position to cause an air bag controller to either deactivate or slow deployment of an air bag when the child seat is present.