Abstract: A component position detector for determining if a first component is properly attached to a second component. The component position detector can be a steering wheel airbag position detector that provides for a convenient and cost-effective apparatus and/or process for determining whether or not a steering wheel airbag is properly attached to a steering wheel. Such a steering wheel airbag position detector can include a jig that has a scan position, the scan position located on a front side of a steering wheel. In addition, the position detector can include a sensor rigidly attached to the jig, the sensor operable to perform a two-dimensional scan across a gap between the steering wheel and a steering wheel airbag and/or horn pad attached to the steering wheel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 14, 2015
Assignees:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Leite Automation Inc.
Inventors:
Shah Mohammed Asad Husain, Andre Kenneth Gorden Good, Gary Lee, Martin Cina, Nelson Leite, Farhan Khan
Abstract: A component position detector for determining if a first component is properly attached to a second component. The component position detector can be a steering wheel airbag position detector that provides for a convenient and cost-effective apparatus and/or process for determining whether or not a steering wheel airbag is properly attached to a steering wheel. Such a steering wheel airbag position detector can include a jig that has a scan position, the scan position located on a front side of a steering wheel. In addition, the position detector can include a sensor rigidly attached to the jig, the sensor operable to perform a two-dimensional scan across a gap between the steering wheel and a steering wheel airbag and/or horn pad attached to the steering wheel.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 27, 2011
Publication date:
May 2, 2013
Applicants:
Leite Automation Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Inventors:
Shah Mohammed Asad Husain, Andre Kenneth Gorden Good, Gary Lee, Martin Cina, Nelson Leite, Farhan Khan