ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,173, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre Ltd. (Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong).
"Retrofit seatbelt monitoring system" was invented by Chun Hung Cheng (Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong), Ho Lam (Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong) and Shiu Kee Luk (Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retrofit system for the monitoring of seatbelt status in mass transit vehicles is adapted for retrofitting in different existing vehicles and includes a plurality of non-contact position sensors each associated with the buckle and tongue of a seatbelt, and a seat pan upholstery module with a seat occupancy sensor fixed to ...