US Patent Issued to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY on May 13 for "Seatbelt system and method for determining the extension length of a seatbelt system belt strap which is wound on a rotatable belt coil" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,786, issued on May 13, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH (Alfdorf, Germany).

"Seatbelt system and method for determining the extension length of a seatbelt system belt strap which is wound on a rotatable belt coil" was invented by Wolfgang Holbein (Alfdorf, Germany), Frederic Michel (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany) and Patrizia Lang (Waldstetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat belt system (10) has a control unit (14) and a seat belt (16) which includes a webbing (18) and a belt retractor (20). The belt retractor (20) comprises a belt reel (28) for the webbing (18), a rotation angle sensor (30) with a sensor unit an...