Vehicle seatbelt system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
A system includes a pillar and a seatbelt retractor. The system includes a D-ring supported by and vertically movable relative to the pillar. The system includes a webbing extending from the seatbelt retractor and through the D-ring, The system includes an actuator operatively coupled to the D-ring to vertically move the D-ring relative to the pillar. The system includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine that the seatbelt retractor in a nuisance locked state, and in response determining that the seatbelt retractor is in the nuisance locked state, command the actuator to move the D-ring vertically downward relative to the pillar.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- a pillar;
- a seatbelt retractor;
- a D-ring supported by and vertically movable relative to the pillar;
- a webbing extending from the seatbelt retractor and through the D-ring;
- an actuator operatively coupled to the D-ring to vertically move the D-ring relative to the pillar;
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- a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine that the seatbelt retractor is in a nuisance locked state, and in response to determining that the seatbelt retractor is in the nuisance locked state, command the actuator to move the D-ring vertically downward relative to the pillar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.