ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,356, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Vehicle-sensitive sensor for a self-locking belt retractor" was invented by Marcus Schwartz (Pinneberg, Germany) and Markus Hueg (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a vehicle-sensitive sensor for a self-locking belt retractor, comprising: a support part, a sensor mass which is disposed vertically on a contact surface of the support part and can tilt relative to the support part and a locking lever which is coupled to the sensor mass and has an engagement tip, wherein the locking lever has at least two rota...