US 7,576,642 B2
Motor-vehicle seat belt with integrated sensors
Klaus Rodemer, Lautertal (Germany)
Assigned to Paragon AG, Dellbruck (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/556,438
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2004, PCT No. PCT/EP2004/004378
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 10, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/110829, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 103 27 753 (DE), filed on Jun. 18, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0250275 A1, Nov. 09, 2006
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60R 22/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 340—457.1  [340/438; 340/576; 340/667; 340/573.1; 280/735; 280/801.1] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In a motor-vehicle safety belt having an inner face turned toward the body of a user and an outer face turned away from the user, a sensor arrangement comprising:
at least one sensor on the outer face to detect one or more parameters of the user, the inner face being devoid of any sensor;
the belt being reinforced at least adjacent the at least one sensor with filaments of greater strength than filaments otherwise forming the belt.