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US 11,180,110 B2Granted
Vehicle buckle assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly includes a rod, a tube slidably supported by the rod, a seatbelt buckle supported by the tube, and a lock. The tube and the rod are releasably engageable to each other by the lock.
Claims19
An assembly, comprising:
- a seat bottom;
- a rod supported by the seat bottom;
- a tube slidably supported by the rod;
- a seatbelt buckle supported by the tube;
- a lock supported by the seat bottom and engaging the tube to the rod, the lock being actuatable to disengage the tube from the rod;
- and
- a computer programmed to actuate the lock to disengage the tube from the rod upon detecting a vehicle impact.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a rod;
- a tube slidably supported by the rod;
- a seatbelt buckle supported by the tube;
- a lock engaging the tube to the rod, the lock being actuatable to disengage the tube from the rod;
- and
- a computer programmed to actuate the lock to disengage the tube from the rod upon detecting a vehicle impact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.