Restraint system including a disengaged coupling apparatus indicator
AssigneeIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsMarius Magdun, David D. Merrick
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Abstract
A restraint system for a motor vehicle includes a coupling member, a coupling apparatus configured to receive and engage the coupling member, at least one indicator, and an electrical circuit configured to determine whether the coupling member is engaged with the coupling apparatus and to control the at least one indicator to indicate whether the coupling apparatus is either of engaged and disengaged with the coupling member.
Claims21
1-23. (canceled)
A restraint system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a coupling member,
- a coupling apparatus configured to receive and engage the coupling member,
- a sensor configured to produce a sensor signal corresponding to a position of the coupling member relative to the coupling apparatus,
- a latch plate carried by and movable relative to the coupling apparatus, the coupling member moving the latch plate to a position at which the sensor signal indicates that the coupling apparatus is engaged with the coupling member when the coupling apparatus receives and engages the coupling member, and wherein the sensor signal otherwise indicates that the coupling apparatus is not engaged with the coupling member,
- at least one indicator, and
- an electrical circuit configured to activate the at least one indicator if the sensor signal indicates that the coupling apparatus is not engaged with the coupling member.
The restraint system of claim 27 wherein the sensing structure comprises a magnet,
- and wherein the sensor comprises a Hall effect sensor.
A restraint system for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a coupling member,
- a coupling apparatus configured to receive and engage the coupling member,
- a first indicator,
- a second indicator, and
- an electrical circuit configured to determine whether the coupling member is engaged with the coupling apparatus and to activate the first indicator to indicate when the coupling apparatus is engaged with the coupling member and to activate the second indicator to indicate when the coupling apparatus is disengaged with the coupling member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.