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US 12,472,901 B2Granted
Belt securement verification system
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsManuel Forero Rueda, Wonhee Michael Kim, Paul W. Alexander, Nilesh D. Mankame, Kamran Ali
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Abstract
A belt securement verification system includes a belt and a securement verification device connected to the belt. When a tension force on the belt exceeds a threshold corresponding to a desired belt tightness or a desired belt slackness, the securement verification device moves from a first configuration to a second configuration to indicate to a user that the belt has achieved the desired belt tightness or desired belt slackness.
Claims12
A belt securement verification system comprising:
- a belt;
- and
- a securement verification device connected to the belt, wherein when a tension force on the belt exceeds a threshold corresponding to a desired belt tightness or a desired belt slackness, the securement verification device moves from a first configuration to a second configuration to indicate to a user that the belt has achieved the desired belt tightness or desired belt slackness,
- wherein the securement verification device includes a first opening, a second opening, and a spring disposed between the first opening and the second opening,
- wherein the belt is disposed through the first opening and the second opening, and the spring is configured to move from the first configuration to the second configuration when the tension force on the belt exceeds the threshold corresponding to the desired belt tightness or the desired belt slackness, and
- wherein the first opening is defined by a first frame and the second opening is defined by a second frame, and the spring is connected at one end thereof to the first frame and at another end thereof to the second frame such that the first frame is pivotally coupled to the second frame by the spring.
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A belt securement verification system comprising:
- a belt;
- and
- a securement verification device connected to the belt, wherein when a tension force on the belt exceeds a threshold corresponding to a desired belt tightness or a desired belt slackness, the securement verification device moves from a first configuration to a second configuration to indicate to a user that the belt has achieved the desired belt tightness or desired belt slackness,
- wherein the securement verification device includes an elastic member disposed within a pocket of the belt and connected at one end thereof to the belt and at another end thereof to the belt, wherein the belt includes a pictograph on an outer surface of the belt between the ends of the elastic member, wherein the elastic member is configured to move from the first configuration to the second configuration when the tension force on the belt exceeds the threshold corresponding to the desired belt tightness or the desired belt slackness, and when in the first configuration the belt is folded to hide the pictograph and when in the second configuration the belt is unfolded to show the pictograph.
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A belt securement verification system comprising:
- a belt;
- and
- a securement verification device connected to the belt, the securement verification device having a first opening, a second opening, and a spring disposed between the first opening and the second opening,
- wherein the belt is disposed through the first opening and the second opening, and the spring is configured to move from a first position to a second position when a tension force on the belt exceeds a threshold of the spring corresponding to a desired belt tightness or a desired belt slackness, and
- wherein the first opening is defined by a first frame and the second opening is defined by a second frame, and the spring is connected at one end thereof to the first frame and at another end thereof to the second frame such that the first frame is pivotally coupled to the second frame by the spring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.