MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311087519 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2023, for 'a seat belt system for a vehicle.'
Inventor(s) include Vivek Manjeri Veedu; Srikanth Shivalingaiah; and Dilip Chowdary.
The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A seat belt system 100 for a passenger seat 102 in a vehicle includes a strap 104 to restrains movement of the user 108 in event of frontal crash; a retraction mechanism configured to allow pulling out of the strap 104 back when released; and a D-bracket 200 configured to direct the strap 104...