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Occupant restraint system and method of operating

  • US 9,908,625 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2015
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An occupant restraint system for a vehicle comprising:

  • a plurality of occupant residences disposed in the vehicle, and each including a restraint assembly having a latch mechanism manually movable between a latched state and an unlatched state and an electric lock mechanism movable from an unlocked state to a locked state when the latch mechanism is in the latched state;

    a control console disposed in the vehicle, and including an electronic display of the plurality of occupant residences and a user interface for actuating the electric lock mechanism between the locked state and the unlocked state; and

    an occupancy tabulation system located remotely from the vehicle, and constructed and arranged to send a signal to the control console indicative of occupied residences of the plurality of occupant residences for displaying an occupied condition associated with the occupied residences on the electronic display, wherein the electric lock mechanism is integrated into the latch mechanism, the electric lock mechanism is constructed and arranged not to lock when the latch mechanism is in the unlatched state, and the occupancy tabulation system includes a plurality of occupancy sensors with each occupancy sensor associated with a respective one of the plurality of occupant residences, and each occupancy sensor is constructed to initiate an occupied signal to the control console.

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