Patent ID: 6363793
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B60R,G01L

Abstract:
A seatbelt tension sensor comprising:a sensor housing having a sensor chamber therein, a first end having a plurality of pull rod holes therein, and a seatbelt orifice opposite the first end for acceptance of said seatbelt; an axially movable plunger disposed within the sensor chamber; a plurality of pull rods extending through the pull rod holes of said sensor housing secured at a first end to said plunger and secured at a second end to a pull rod head having a mounting hole therein; a Villari effect sensor disposed axially within the sensor chamber having a first end abutting the first end of said sensor housing, and; a spring disposed between said Villari effect sensor and said plunger for biasing said Villari effect sensor towards said sensor housing first end.