MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311085589 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Dec. 14, 2023, for 'a system for tackling emergencies in an autonomous vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Atul Shinde; and Dinesh Lohar.

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 system for tackling emergencies in an autonomous vehicle includes a driver seat assembly (102) comprising a seat belt (102-1) with an adaptive button assembly (104) integrated with a webbing of the seat belt, The adaptive button assembly (104) functions both as an emergency button assembly as well ...