MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311085829 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Dec. 15, 2023, for 'a seatbelt assembly for a passenger seat in a vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Ashwin Balaram Balasundar.

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 seatbelt assembly (100) for a passenger seat (170) in a vehicle is disclosed. The seatbelt assembly (100) comprises a seatbelt webbing (110), a latch mechanism (120), a high resistance material (130), and a charge storing device (140). The seatbelt webbing (110) is coupled between a first anchor point (152)...