Belt securement verification system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12472901-B2
Application number	US-202318536911-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2023
Priority date	Dec 12, 2023
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

A belt securement verification system includes a belt and a securement verification device connected to the belt. When a tension force on the belt exceeds a threshold corresponding to a desired belt tightness or a desired belt slackness, the securement verification device moves from a first configuration to a second configuration to indicate to a user that the belt has achieved the desired belt tightness or desired belt slackness.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A belt securement verification system comprising:
a belt; and a securement verification device connected to the belt, wherein when a tension force on the belt exceeds a threshold corresponding to a desired belt tightness or a desired belt slackness, the securement verification device moves from a first configuration to a second configuration to indicate to a user that the belt has achieved the desired belt tightness or desired belt slackness, wherein the securement verification device includes a first opening, a second opening, and a spring disposed between the first opening and the second opening, wherein the belt is disposed through the first opening and the second opening, and the spring is configured to move from the first configuration to the second configuration when the tension force on the belt exceeds the threshold corresponding to the desired belt tightness or the desired belt slackness, and wherein the first opening is defined by a first frame and the second opening is defined by a second frame, and the spring is connected at one end thereof to the first frame and at another end thereof to the second frame such that the first frame is pivotally coupled to the second frame by the spring.

2 . The belt securement verification system of claim 1 , wherein the first frame is angled with respect to the second frame when in the first configuration, and the first frame is planar with respect to the second frame when in the second configuration.

3 . The belt securement verification system of claim 2 , wherein the spring is a helical torsion spring.

4 . The belt securement verification system of claim 1 , wherein the spring is a beam having an elastic limit point traversal between a concave configuration when in the first configuration and a convex configuration when in the second configuration.

5 . A belt securement verification system comprising:
a belt; and a securement verification device connected to the belt, wherein when a tension force on the belt exceeds a threshold corresponding to a desired belt tightness or a desired belt slackness, the securement verification device moves from a first configuration to a second configuration to indicate to a user that the belt has achieved the desired belt tightness or desired belt slackness, wherein the securement verification device includes an elastic member disposed within a pocket of the belt and connected at one end thereof to the belt and at another end thereof to the belt, wherein the belt includes a pictograph on an outer surface of the belt between the ends of the elastic member, wherein the elastic member is configured to move from the first configuration to the second configuration when the tension force on the belt exceeds the threshold corresponding to the desired belt tightness or the desired belt slackness, and when in the first configuration the belt is folded to hide the pictograph and when in the second configuration the belt is unfolded to show the pictograph.

6 . A belt securement verification system comprising:
a belt; and a securement verification device connected to the belt, the securement verification device having a first opening, a second opening, and a spring disposed between the first opening and the second opening, wherein the belt is disposed through the first opening and the second opening, and the spring is configured to move from a first position to a second position when a tension force on the belt exceeds a threshold of the spring corresponding to a desired belt tightness or a desired belt slackness, and wherein the first opening is defined by a first frame and the second opening is defined by a second frame, and the spring is connected at one end thereof to the first frame and at another end thereof to the second frame such that the first frame is pivotally coupled to the second frame by the spring.

7 . The belt securement verification system of claim 6 , wherein the first frame is angled with respect to the second frame when in the first position, and the first frame is planar with respect to the second frame when in the second position.

8 . The belt securement verification system of claim 7 , wherein the belt is disposed overtop the spring.

9 . The belt securement verification system of claim 8 , wherein the spring is a helical torsion spring.

10 . The belt securement verification system of claim 6 , wherein the spring is a beam having an elastic limit point traversal between a concave configuration when in the first position and a convex configuration when in the second position.

11 . The belt securement verification system of claim 10 , wherein the beam is bi-stable.

12 . The belt securement verification system of claim 10 , wherein the beam is mono-stable.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Forero Rueda Manuel
• Kim Wonhee Michael
• Alexander Paul W
• Mankame Nilesh D
• Ali Kamran

Classifications

• B60R2022/4841

  for sensing belt tension · CPC title

• B60R2022/4866

  Displaying or indicating arrangements thereof · CPC title

• B60Q3/242

  Safety belts; Body harnesses · CPC title

• B60R22/48 Primary

  Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness · CPC title