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SEAT BELT TENSION-SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING AN AMOUNT OF TENSION BEING APPLIED TO A SEAT BELT WEBBING

  • US 20080195283A1
  • Filed: 02/09/2007
  • Published: 08/14/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A seat belt tension-sensing device, comprising:

  • a housing configured to be operably coupled to a portion of a seat belt webbing and to receive the seat belt webbing therethrough; and

    a tension sensor mounted to the housing, the tension sensor having a deflectable substrate that is disposed adjacent a portion of the seat belt webbing, the deflectable substrate configured to be displaced by the portion of the seat belt webbing relative to the housing in response to tension being applied to the seat belt webbing, the tension sensor being configured to generate a signal in response to displacement of the flexible substrate that is indicative of an amount of tension being applied to the seat belt webbing.

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