SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240270202A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18601955

    申请日:2024-03-11

    发明人: Mark GRAY

    IPC分类号: B60R22/46

    CPC分类号: B60R22/4628 B60R2022/4642

    摘要: A seat belt pretensioner for a seat belt device in a vehicle, the pretensioner including a frame, a ball housing attached to the frame and a drive wheel located within the ball housing. A spool is connected to the drive wheel and is fixed to one end of a seat belt webbing so that the webbing may be wound around the spool. The pretensioner further includes a pipe connected to the ball housing and a gas generator connected to the pipe. At least one power transmission element is carried in the pipe and is driven by gas provided from the gas generator to contact the drive wheel and rotate the spool to retract the seat belt. A seal member is located between the at least one power transmission element and the gas generator. The seal member is sized to plug the pipe at an inlet to the ball housing.

    SWITCH ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED HAPTIC EXCITER

    公开(公告)号:US20230229239A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18186732

    申请日:2023-03-20

    发明人: Kenneth Myers

    IPC分类号: G06F3/01 G06F3/041

    CPC分类号: G06F3/016 G06F3/0416

    摘要: A switch assembly that provides haptic feedback includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first planar surface that faces in a first direction and a second planar surface that faces in a second direction, the second direction being opposite from the first direction, a touch plate having a first surface that faces in the first direction and a second surface that faces in the second direction, wherein the first surface of the touch plate is proximate the second planar surface of the PCB, and a haptic exciter that has a conductive coil of wire having a hollow inner core and a magnet that is at least partially disposed within the hollow inner core of the coil of wire such that the magnet alternatively moves in the first and second directions as an alternating current passes through the conductive coil of wire.

    Systems and methods of ambient gas sensing in a vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11692933B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-04

    申请号:US17224046

    申请日:2021-04-06

    摘要: An imaging system connected to an occupant monitoring system includes communications with an apparatus for measuring gas or airborne compound concentrations in a vehicle cabin. The apparatus includes a housing configured as a flow tube in fluid communication with ambient air in the vehicle cabin. A spectrometer is mounted within the housing and subject to ambient air flow through the housing, and the spectrometer is connected to a light source and receives reflected light from the air flow to detect by spectrum analysis the concentration of target gases and/or airborne compounds. The spectrometer identifies spectral changes in the light and reflected light within the ambient air flow. The spectrometer communicates with computerized vehicle control systems, and runs software stored to calculate the concentration of target gases and/or airborne compounds from the spectral changes.

    Roof airbag module
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11447088B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17213038

    申请日:2021-03-25

    摘要: An airbag module for a roof opening of a vehicle having an expandable safety device configured to be deployed after a dynamic vehicle event, such as a vehicle rollover. The airbag module includes a mechanism and an inflator in order to deploy the expandable safety device across the roof opening of the vehicle.

    ADAPTING SHOULDER ANCHOR FOR SEATBELT

    公开(公告)号:US20220203931A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17562551

    申请日:2021-12-27

    发明人: Steve Reed Len Cech

    摘要: Various implementations include a system for adjusting the position of a seatbelt in a vehicle. The system includes a shoulder anchor, at least one sensor, and a processor. The shoulder anchor is for receiving a seatbelt. The shoulder anchor is movable relative to a seat disposed within the vehicle. The processor is in electrical communication with the sensor and a memory. The processor executes computer-readable instructions stored on the memory. The instructions cause the processor to receive sensor data from the sensor, determine whether the seatbelt is within an expected area on a person in the seat based on the received sensor data, and cause the shoulder anchor to move relative to the seat in response to the seatbelt being outside of the expected area on the person in the seat such that the seatbelt is moved into the expected area.

    POSTPROCESSING OF SEAT BELTS FOR ADDING DYE

    公开(公告)号:US20220203925A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17565006

    申请日:2021-12-29

    摘要: Methods for marking a seat belt webbing with an infrared compound are described herein. The methods comprise ablating a surface of the seat belt webbing by directing one or more laser pulses toward the seat belt webbing; and coating the ablated surface of the seat belt webbing with the infrared compound, wherein the infrared compound increases absorptivity or reflectivity of the seat belt webbing to infrared radiation. Methods for optically monitoring operation of the seat belt webbing in a vehicle and distinguishing between proper positioning and improper positioning of the seat belt webbing are also disclosed.