US Patent Issued to Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition on May 26 for "Detection and monitoring of occupant seat belt" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,027, issued on May 26, was assigned to Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Detection and monitoring of occupant seat belt" was invented by Leonard Cech (Brighton, Mich.), Chakravarthi Mallikarjun Nagolu (Shelby Township, Mich.), Josh Ramaglia (Davison, Mich.), Salvatore Brauer (Goodrich, Mich.) and Babak Bakhtiar (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a system of detecting seat belt operation in a vehicle includes at least one light source configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light onto structures within the vehicle, wherein at least one of the structures is a pas...