Patents
US 11938894 B2: System for controlling one or more locking web retractors in a motor vehicle occupant restraint system
- Granted
- 2024-03-26
- Filed
- 2021-08-17 application 17404086
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A system is provided for controlling operation of an electrically controlled and magnetically actuated locking web retractor of an occupant restraint coupled to an occupant seat of a motor vehicle. A control circuit may monitor output signals produced by one or more sensors configured to produce one or more respective sensor output signals indicative of one or more corresponding sensed conditions of the motor vehicle, vehicle seat or occupant restraint, process the output signals produced by the one or more sensors to determine one or more values of the one or more sensed conditions, compare the one or more determined values of the one or more sensed conditions to one or more corresponding threshold or range values, and then provide a control signal, based on the one or more comparisons, to a magnet actuator of the web retractor to cause the web retractor to lock or unlock.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240326.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc. 70 patents | US company or organization | Westfield, IN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris P. Jessup | Sheridan, IN | 27 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Douglas W. Bittner | Indianapolis, IN | 16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Steven Gale | Colfax, IN | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| John Glover | Danville, IN | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60R | Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for | B60R16/037 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-14 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | INDIANA MILLS & MANUFACTURING, INC. signed 2022-06-09 IMMI SAFEGUARD, INC. signed 2022-06-09 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. INDIANAPOLIS, IN | 60365/76 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-08-30 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BITTNER, DOUGLAS W. signed 2021-08-20 GALE, STEVEN signed 2021-08-20 GLOVER, JOHN signed 2021-08-20 JESSUP, CHRIS P. signed 2021-08-20 | INDIANA MILLS & MANUFACTURING, INC. WESTFIELD, IN | 57324/864 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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