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US 10,086,793 B2Granted
Vehicle with water detection
AssigneeFord Global Technglogies, LLC
InventorsS.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine compartment and two rockers fixed relative to the engine compartment. The two rockers define a passenger cabin. A first water sensor is disposed in the engine compartment, and second and third water sensors are disposed in the passenger cabin at the rockers. A seatbelt buckle is disposed in the passenger cabin and has an actuator. A control module is in communication with the water sensors and the actuator. The control module is programmed to actuate the actuator based on signals from the water sensors.
Claims16
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine compartment and a first water sensor therein;
- two rockers fixed relative to the engine compartment and defining a passenger cabin;
- second and third water sensors disposed in the passenger cabin at the two rockers, respectively;
- a seatbelt buckle in the passenger cabin having an actuator;
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- a control module in communication with the water sensors and actuator and programmed to actuate the actuator based on signals indicating water presence from at least two of the water sensors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.