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US 11,046,275 B1Granted
Seat belt module
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorYoung Rok Kim
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Abstract
A seat belt module includes a buckle having an internal slider and an insertion hole through which a tongue of a seat belt is configured to be inserted and fastened so that the slider protrudes above the tongue to be externally exposed of the buckle in a response to an insertion of the tongue. The seat belt module also includes a sensor mounted in an internal space of a vehicle to detect the slider exposed to the outside.
Claims15
A seat belt module comprising:
- a buckle having an slider and an insertion hole through which a tongue of a seat belt is configured to be inserted and fastened so that the slider is protrudingly positioned above the tongue to be externally exposed of the buckle in a response to an insertion of the tongue;
- and
- a sensor mounted in an internal space of a vehicle to detect the slider exposed to an outside of the buckle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.