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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Sundeep Venkat Kankanala, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Stephen William Rouhana, Plymouth, MI (US);
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Joseph Zwolinski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Alex Meduvsky, Romeo, MI (US);
Keith Ball, Macomb, MI (US);
Sundeep Venkat Kankanala, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Stephen William Rouhana, Plymouth, MI (US);
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Joseph Zwolinski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Alex Meduvsky, Romeo, MI (US);
Keith Ball, Macomb, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A buckle switch arrangement for a multi-point seat belt system. A restraints control module is provided to receive signals from sensors operatively associated with the vehicle seat which determine and identify seat occupancy and also to receive signals from other sensors operatively associated with the vehicle seat which sense seat belt webbing payout. The signals obtained by the restraints control module are interpreted and, based on the interpretation, a telltale device may be activated to warn the vehicle operator that a seat occupant is not in compliance with seat belt usage.