Patent ID: 6854415
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: B60N,B60R,G01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A seat belt tension sensing device adapted for sensing tension in a belt securing a child's car seat in a vehicle, said sensing device comprising a housing having a lower member over which a seat securing belt may pass, an upper member connected to the lower member at one side of the housing and extending across the lower member such that a width of belt may be introduced from an opposite side to lie across the lower member beneath the upper member; an upper region within the housing in which an untensioned belt will reside; a lower region within the housing in which a belt will reside only when tensioned; a sensor within the lower region of the housing over which the belt is to pass and against which a tensioned belt will reside and adapted to activate a responder including an indicator when the belt resides in the upper region of the housing to provide an indication as to inadequate tension in the belt.