US 10,933,821 B2 · Seating assembly for a vehicle with emitters of ultraviolet C radiation to disinfect seatbelt webbing

Abstract

A seating assembly for a vehicle comprising: a seat; a seatback including an occupant side configured to contact and support an occupant of the seating assembly, a rear side that faces in the generally opposite direction as the occupant side, and a top portion; seatbelt webbing, the seatbelt webbing extending along the rear side of the seatback; a plurality of emitters of UVC radiation; and an emitter support structure attached to the seatback that supports the plurality of emitters of UVC radiation such that the plurality of emitters of UVC radiation emit UVC radiation onto the seatbelt webbing extending along the rear side of the seatback.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle comprising:

seatbelt webbing, the seatbelt webbing including a length, which includes a wound portion and an unwound portion;
a retractor, the retractor including a housing supporting a shaft, around which the wound portion of the length of the seatbelt webbing is wound, wherein the unwound portion of the seatbelt webbing extends away from the housing;
and
one or more emitters of ultraviolet C (“UVC”) radiation operably coupled to the housing of the retractor and positioned to emit the UVC radiation onto the seatbelt webbing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Seating assembly for a vehicle with emitters of ultraviolet C radiation to disinfect seatbelt webbing

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Seating assembly for a vehicle with emitters of ultraviolet C radiation to disinfect seatbelt webbing

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Abstract

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