Child restraint system
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRodney Lawrence, Kevin Kincaid
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Abstract
A child restraint system that is adapted to be mounted within a vehicle is provided. The child restraint system includes a child seat configured to receive a child occupant. The child seat has a frame, at least first and second docking stations, and a child seat monitoring device. The first and second docking stations are disposed at first and second locations on the frame. Both of the first and second docking stations are configured to receive and hold the child seat monitoring device therein.
Claims20
A child restraint system adapted to be mounted within a vehicle, the child restraint system comprising:
- a child seat configured to receive a child occupant, the child seat having a frame, at least first and second docking stations, and a child seat monitoring device, the first and second docking stations being disposed at first and second locations on the frame, both of the first and second docking stations configured to receive and hold the child seat monitoring device therein.
A child seat monitoring device, comprising:
- a removable housing configured to be removably secured to at least one docking station disposed on a child seat;
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- a processing unit disposed in the housing, the processing unit configured to be electrically coupled to at least a first sensor when the housing is disposed in the docking station on the child seat, the first sensor generating a first signal indicative of a child seat parameter, the processing unit further configured to receive the first signal and to determine whether the child seat is installed in a vehicle in accordance with a predetermined installation parameter based on the first signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.