Patent ID: 6278347
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
Switch device for controlling locking position of an automobile seatbelt lock (10) having at least two switch elements with determinable switch condition, as well as a movable control element (40) in the seatbelt lock (10) and from which the switch condition of the switch elements are changeable,wherein the switch elements are sensors (20,30) and the switch condition of the switch elements is changeable by an interaction between the control element (40) and the sensors (20,30), andone of said sensors (20) is structured and arranged to register a binary switch condition ""1"" and the other (30) of said sensors register a binary switch condition ""0"" in locked condition, and said one sensor (20) register the binary switch condition ""0"" and said other sensor (30) register the binary condition ""1"" in unlocked condition,such that when said sensors (20,30) both register the same binary switch condition ""0"" or ""1"", an error signal is generated.