Patent ID: 6993436
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: B60R,G01D

Abstract:
1. A measuring device for measuring a force acting upon a belt webbing of a seat belt of a motor vehicle is located between an anchoring point of the seat belt on the vehicle and a connection device that is to be connected to the seat belt and which, in relation to the anchoring point, can be moved against a spring bias, whereby the measuring device comprises two permanent magnets, the two permanent magnets each have north and south poles and are spaced apart and arranged such that either the north poles of the magnets are directed towards one another or the south poles of the magnets are directed towards one another, and a magnetic field sensor that is located between the two permanent magnets and can be moved in relation to a magnetic field created by the two permanent magnets in a linear manner along a connection line between the poles of the permanent magnets that are directed towards one another.