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US 12,157,431 B2Granted
Connector assembly
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorNathaniel J. Dennis
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Abstract
A system for securing a restraint system includes a retractor enclosing a spool, a sensor coupled to the spool, and a motor coupled to the spool and configured to rotate the spool about a spool rotation axis. The system also includes webbing configured to be wound and unwound from around the spool. An automatic locking retractor mode is enabled and disabled to selectively and automatically lock the retractor to prevent rotation of the spool when a predetermined length of the webbing is unwound from the spool.
Claims23
A system, comprising:
- a retractor configured to be coupled to a vehicle body of a vehicle, the retractor including a spool, a rotation sensor coupled to the spool, and a motor coupled to the spool and configured to rotate the spool about a spool rotation axis;
- and
- a webbing configured to be wound and unwound from around the spool,
- wherein the motor is configured to selectively activate an auto locking retractor mode and automatically arrest the retractor to prevent rotation of the spool and hold the retractor in place when a predetermined length of the webbing is unwound from the spool to hold the webbing in an extended position, and the motor is configured to selectively reactivate the auto locking retractor mode when a restraint system is secured in the vehicle.
1 more element
A vehicle, comprising:
- a seat;
- and
- a system for securing a restraint system, comprising:
- a retractor including a spool, a rotation sensor coupled to the spool, and a retractor assembly coupled to the spool and configured to control a rotation of the spool about a spool rotation axis;
- and
- a seatbelt webbing coupled at one end to the spool and configured to be wound and unwound from around the spool,
- wherein the retractor assembly is configured to be selectively disabled to allow extension of the seatbelt webbing to secure the restraint system in the vehicle and selectively enabled to automatically retract the seatbelt webbing to remove slack in the seatbelt webbing and cinch the restraint system to the seat.
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A method for installing a restraint system in a vehicle, comprising:
- determining that installation of the restraint system is underway;
- responsive to determining that installation of the restraint system is underway, automatically locking a seatbelt webbing of the vehicle in an extended position to allow the seatbelt webbing to engage with and secure the restraint system;
- and
- automatically retracting the seatbelt webbing when installation of the restraint system is complete.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.