Slidable seatbelt assembly for a wheelchair
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly includes a vehicle roof and a vehicle floor spaced from the vehicle roof. The assembly includes a seatbelt assembly for accommodating a wheelchair. The seatbelt assembly is slidably supported by the vehicle roof and the vehicle floor. The seatbelt assembly is slidable along the vehicle roof and the vehicle floor along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The seatbelt assembly has a seatbelt webbing elongated in a direction from the vehicle roof to the vehicle floor. The assembly includes a seatbelt buckle slidably supported by the vehicle floor. The seatbelt buckle is slidable relative to the vehicle floor along the vehicle-longitudinal axis.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- a vehicle roof and a vehicle floor spaced from the vehicle roof;
- a seatbelt assembly slidably supported by the vehicle roof and the vehicle floor, the seatbelt assembly being slidable along the vehicle roof and the vehicle floor along a vehicle-longitudinal axis;
- the seatbelt assembly having a seatbelt webbing elongated in a direction from the vehicle roof to the vehicle floor;
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- a seatbelt buckle slidably supported by the vehicle floor, the seatbelt buckle being slidable relative to the vehicle floor along the vehicle-longitudinal axis;
- the seatbelt assembly including a seatbelt retractor and the seatbelt webbing being retractably extendable from the seatbelt retractor, the seatbelt retractor being slidably supported by the vehicle roof and slidable relative to the vehicle roof along the vehicle-longitudinal axis.
An assembly comprising:
- a vehicle roof and a vehicle floor spaced from the vehicle roof;
- a seatbelt assembly slidably supported by the vehicle roof and the vehicle floor, the seatbelt assembly being slidable along the vehicle roof and the vehicle floor along a vehicle-longitudinal axis;
- the seatbelt assembly having a seatbelt webbing elongated in a direction from the vehicle roof to the vehicle floor;
- a seatbelt buckle slidably supported by the vehicle floor, the seatbelt buckle being slidable relative to the vehicle floor along the vehicle-longitudinal axis;
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- a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- identify a position of a wheelchair along the vehicle-longitudinal axis;
- slide the seatbelt assembly along the vehicle-longitudinal axis to a position corresponding to the position of the wheelchair;
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- slide the seatbelt buckle along the vehicle-longitudinal axis to the position corresponding to the position of the seatbelt assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.