Extendable seatbelt anchor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
A system includes a seatbelt anchor, a seatbelt webbing extending from the seatbelt anchor; and a motor operatively coupled to the seatbelt anchor to move the seatbelt anchor between a first position and an extended position. The system includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to activate the motor to move the seatbelt anchor from the first position to the extended position in response to determining that tension in the seatbelt webbing is above a predetermined threshold in the absence of detection of a vehicle impact.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a seatbelt anchor;
- seatbelt webbing extending from the seatbelt anchor;
- a motor operatively coupled to the seatbelt anchor to move the seatbelt anchor between a first position and an extended position;
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- a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to activate the motor to move the seatbelt anchor from the first position to the extended position while the seatbelt webbing is buckled across an occupant in response to determining that tension in the seatbelt webbing is above a predetermined threshold in the absence of detection of a vehicle impact.
A seatbelt assembly comprising:
- a seatbelt anchor having a base segment and a moveable segment moveable relative to the base segment between a first position and an extended position;
- seatbelt webbing extending from the seatbelt anchor;
- a motor operatively coupled to the anchor to move the moveable segment between the first position and the extended position;
- a lock moveable between an engaged position engaged with the moveable segment in the first position and a disengaged position disengaged with the moveable segment, the solenoid in the extended position locking the moveable segment relative to the engaged position in the first position;
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- a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to, in response to determining that tension in the seatbelt webbing is above a
- predetermined threshold in the absence of detection of a vehicle impact, move the lock to the disengaged position and activate the motor to move the moveable segment relative to the base segment from the first position to the extended position while the seatbelt webbing is buckled across an occupant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.