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US 8,521,369 B2Granted
Method and device for regulation or control of a restraint system in a vehicle
AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorsThomas Blaas, Walter Eberle, Martin Lanzerath, Jan Schroeder
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Abstract
A method and a device for control or regulation of a restraint system in a vehicle having a safety belt and at least one of an operation or convenience function. The operation and convenience functions of the restraint system adapt in a situation-related fashion and set the belt retraction force that acts on the safety belt.
Claims17
A method for control or regulation of a restraint system in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by an evaluation unit, whether a situation exists;
- adjusting, by a setting device, a belt retraction force acting on a safety belt of the restraint system based on the determined situation, wherein the adjustment sets at least one of an operation function of the restraint system that supports an occupant of the vehicle when donning and taking off the safety belt and a convenience function that sets an individual wearing level of the safety belt, and
- wherein
- the determined situation is operation of a central locking system of the vehicle and the adjustment is reducing the belt retraction force,
- the determined situation is driving with an open folding roof and the adjustment is raising the belt retraction force, or
- the determined situation is setting of a sports driving mode and the adjustment is setting the belt retraction force in relation to the occupant's seating position within the vehicle.
3 more elements
A device for control or regulation of a restraint system of a vehicle, wherein the device comprises:
- a safety belt;
- an evaluation unit for determining whether a situation exists;
- and
- a setting device, wherein the setting device adjusts a belt retraction force on the safety belt based on the determined situation, wherein the adjustment sets at least one of an operation function of the restraint system that supports an occupant of the vehicle when donning and taking off the safety belt and a convenience function that sets an individual wearing level of the safety belt, and
- wherein
- the determined situation is operation of a central locking system of the vehicle and the adjustment is reducing the belt retraction force,
- the determined situation is driving with an open folding roof and the adjustment is raising the belt retraction force, or
- the determined situation is setting of a sports driving mode and the adjustment is setting the belt retraction force in relation to the occupant's seating position within the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.