ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,314, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Extendable seatbelt anchor" was invented by Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.), Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a seatbelt anchor, a seatbelt webbing extending from the seatbelt anchor; and a motor operatively coupled to the seatbelt anchor to move the seatbelt anchor between a first position and an extended position. The system includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to activate the motor to mo...