US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Nov. 18 for "Belt securement verification system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,901, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Belt securement verification system" was invented by Manuel Forero Rueda (Royal Oak, Mich.), Wonhee Michael Kim (Troy, Mich.), Paul W. Alexander (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Nilesh D. Mankame (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Kamran Ali (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt securement verification system includes a belt and a securement verification device connected to the belt. When a tension force on the belt exceeds a threshold corresponding to a desired belt tightness or a desired belt slackness, the securement verification device moves from a first ...