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US 2020/0269807 A1Published application
Integration of child safety seat with vehicle seatbelt reminder systems
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorNathan Kristofor Tardif
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Abstract
An assembly includes a seat. The assembly includes a harness secured to the seat. The assembly includes a buckle supported by the harness. The assembly includes a buckle sensor supported by the buckle. The assembly includes a first clip secured to the seat and in electrical communication with the buckle sensor. The assembly includes a second clip secured to the seat and in electrical communication with the buckle sensor.
Claims19
An assembly, comprising:
- a seat;
- a harness secured to the seat;
- a buckle supported by the harness;
- a buckle sensor supported by the buckle;
- a first clip secured to the seat and in electrical communication with the buckle sensor;
- and
- a second clip secured to the seat and in electrical communication with the buckle sensor.
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An assembly comprising:
- a vehicle seat;
- a first anchor fixed relative to the vehicle seat;
- a second anchor fixed relative to the vehicle seat;
- and
- a seat assembly supported by the vehicle seat, the seat assembly including a buckle sensor, and a first clip and a second clip in electrical communication with the buckle sensor;
- the first clip engaged with the first anchor and the second clip engaged with the second anchor.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- identify an amount of electrical resistance between a first anchor engaged with a first clip of a seat assembly and a second anchor engaged with a second clip of the seat assembly;
- and
- determine a buckle status of the seat assembly based on the identified amount of electrical resistance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.