Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-11
2011-01-11
Dickson, Paul N (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
active
07866703
ABSTRACT:
A re-settable vehicle seat belt pre-tensioner apparatus is disclosed having a first member engagable with a second member that is moveable relative to the first member, and re-settable in response to various sensed driving conditions to pretension the seat belt around the operator and return to a non pre-tensioned status when the driving conditions have passed. The apparatus may be operated by positioning the belt for use; determining whether the seat belt buckle is in use; locking the pre-tensioner and lowering the seat belt buckle below the seat occupation plane; determining whether a threshold vehicle seat belt pre-tension load has been met; raising the belt buckle to a design position, unlocking the retractor; determining whether a threat event is imminent and locking the retractor; lowering the vehicle seat buckle relative to the plane of occupation, determining whether a crash event is occurring, and if yes, deploying a pyrotechnic deployment to secure the occupant in the seat.
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Anonymous Disclosure, “Combination Precrash Pretensioner and Buckle Presenter”, Feb. 2007, Reaserach Disclosure Journal, Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. RD514026.
Brown Joseph Robert
Jaradi Dean M.
Spahn Brian Robert
Coker Robert A
Dickson Paul N
Ford Global Technologies LLC
MacKenzie Franklin
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