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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Scott Ferrier, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Benjamin Yilma, Canton, MI (US);
Nahshon Francis, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A seatbelt assembly includes a seatbelt buckle that is disposed along a retractable belt webbing and configured for tethered movement about a vehicle interior. The seatbelt buckle includes a housing which contains a latch mechanism which releasably latches a seatbelt tongue to the seatbelt buckle. The housing further includes one or more light sources powered through the belt webbing or through a power cell in the housing which are used to illuminate the vehicle interior as tethered to the vehicle on the belt webbing and which are further used to facilitate a vehicle occupant in locating the seatbelt tongue when fastening the seatbelt assembly.