Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seat belt tension measurement device using a bend sensor
- Patent Title (中): 安全带张力测量装置使用弯曲传感器
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Application No.: US75729Application Date: 1998-05-11
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Publication No.: US5965827APublication Date: 1999-10-12
- Inventor: James G. Stanley , Vinh H. Tran
- Applicant: James G. Stanley , Vinh H. Tran
- Applicant Address: MI Farmington Hills
- Assignee: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: MI Farmington Hills
- Main IPC: G01L5/04
- IPC: G01L5/04 ; B60R21/01 ; B60R21/015 ; B60R21/16 ; B60R22/48 ; G01B7/16 ; G01L5/10 ; G01L1/26
Abstract:
A vehicle seat belt tension measurement apparatus comprises a seat belt deflecting device that forces a seat belt to travel a circuitous path. As seat belt tension increases the deflecting device is displaced. A bend sensor having an output signal responsive to a change in the radius of curvature thereof is secured to the deflecting device at a point subject to flexure as a result of increased seat belt tension. An air bag control system processor operatively coupled to the bend sensor inhibits the deployment of the air bag upon detection of a predetermined seat belt tension.
Public/Granted literature
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