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US 2019/0092275 A1Published application
Load-limiting seatbelt assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Tien Vo, Brian Robert Spahn, Benjamin Yilma
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Abstract
A seatbelt assembly includes a seatbelt retractor, a support spaced from the seatbelt retractor, and a webbing retractably engaged with the seatbelt retractor. The webbing is moveable relative to the support. The seatbelt assembly includes a magnet and a conductive material adjacent the magnet. One of the magnet and the conductive material is fixed to the support, and the other of the magnet and the conductive material is moveable by the webbing relative to the support.
Claims20
A seatbelt assembly comprising:
- a seatbelt retractor;
- a support spaced from the seatbelt retractor;
- a webbing retractably engaged with the seatbelt retractor and moveable relative to the support;
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- a magnet and a conductive material adjacent the magnet, one of the magnet and the conductive material being fixed to the support and the other of the magnet and the conductive material being moveable by the webbing relative to the support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.