Guard device of seat belt with dual circuit in a car

• US 6,441,729 B1
• Filed: 11/15/2000
• Issued: 08/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shun-Hsing Tu
• Original Assignee: Shun-Hsing Tu
• Inventors: Tu, Shun-hsing
• Primary Examiner(s): SWARTHOUT, BRENT
• Application Number:
  US09/712,284
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 340/457.1, 340/457, 340/438, 180/268, 180/271, 280/801.1, 280/735, 280/732
• US Class Current: 340/457.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4816 for sensing locking of buckle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4858 for sensing pressure on seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/48 Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness

Abstract

An automatic guard device for seatbelts in a car comprises two clasps, two elastic switches, two contact switches and a warning main unit. Each elastic switch is disposed in each clasp and connects with each contact switch by way of an AV wire. The contact switches are disposed in front of the seatbacks of the driver'"'"'s and the front passenger seats respectively. Each elastic switch connects with a corresponding AV terminal on the main unit. The main unit is provided with dual circuits therein connecting with the power source of the car via the lighter socket in the car. When one of the contact switches is touched, the main unit emits a warning sound and/or flashes to remind the driver and the passenger at the front seats in the car that their seatbelts have to be fastened. Once each elastic switch is pressingly contacted by the lock piece on each seat belt, the buzzer and/or the light emitting diodes in the dual circuits ceases emitting the warning sound and/or the flashes.

Claims

1. An automatic guard device for seat belts in a car, comprising:

two clasps, being disposed at a lateral side of the driver'"'"'s seat and a lateral side of the front passenger seat in the car respectively;

two elastic switches, being corresponding to the clasps and being disposed in the clasps respectively;

two circular flexible belts, being attached to the driver'"'"'s seat and the front passenger seat in the respectively;

two contact switches, being attached to the circular flexible belts respectively; and

a warning main unit, being connected to the elastic switches and to a D.C. power source in the car respectively;

characterized in that the flexible belts are arranged to enclose the driver'"'"'s seat and the front passenger seat at their seatbacks respectively and the contact switches are disposed in front of the seatbacks respectively to electrically connect with the elastic switches respectively and are in a state “

off”

before being touched;

the main unit further comprises two AV terminals, a power source terminal and a set of dual circuits, wherein the AV terminals and the power source terminal are electrically connected to the dual circuits and the AV terminals are electrically connected to the elastic switches and the power source terminal is electrically connected to the D.C. power source via a lighter socket in the car;

the dual circuits further comprises a buzzer and two light emitting diodes; and

the elastic switches are in a state of “

on”

respectively before being contacted;

wherein, once the driver and the front seat passenger get into the car and sit on their seats and as long as at least one of the contact switches is touched by either the back of the driver or the back of the passenger to become in a state of “

on”

, the buzzer and the light emitting diodes are capable of emitting a warning sound and flashes respectively to remind the driver and the passenger that the seatbelts thereof have to be fastened;

once both of the driver and the passenger fasten their seatbelts and the elastic switches are pressingly contacted, the elastic switches become in a state of “

off” and

the buzzer and the light emitting diodes cease emitting the sound and the flashes.

2. The automatic guard device for seatbelts in a car as defined in claim 1, wherein the dual circuits in the main unit can be arranged to allow the buzzer emitting the warning sound only.

3. The automatic guard device for seatbelts in a car as defined in claim 1, wherein the dual circuits in the main unit can be arranged to allow the light emitting diodes emitting the flashes only.

4. The automatic guard device for seatbelts in a car as defined in claim 1, wherein the buzzer and the light emitting diodes cease emitting the sound and the flashes respectively in case of the seatbelt at the driver'"'"'s seat is fastened only and the front passenger seat is vacant.

5. The automatic guard device for seatbelts in a car as defined in claim 2, wherein the buzzer ceases emitting the sound in case of the seatbelt at the driver'"'"'s seat is fastened only and the front passenger seat is vacant.

6. The automatic guard device for seatbelts in a car as defined in claim 3, wherein the light emitting diodes cease emitting the flashes in case of the seatbelt at the driver'"'"'s seat is fastened only and the front passenger seat is vacant.