{"id":30911,"date":"2022-09-07T00:04:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T04:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30911"},"modified":"2022-09-07T00:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T04:04:03","slug":"1137059_ford-patents-pet-restraints-for-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=30911","title":{"rendered":"Ford patents pet restraints for cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers often bring their pets along for the ride, and Ford might have a way to keep them safer. The company recently filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/pdfaiw.uspto.gov\/.aiw?PageNum=0&amp;docid=20220234538&amp;IDKey=2D4672484D3A&amp;HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fappft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D3%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D143%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526co1%3DAND%2526d%3DPG01%2526s1%3D%252522Ford%252BGlobal%252BTechnologies%252BLLC%252522%2526OS%3D%252522Ford%252BGlobal%252BTechnologies%252BLLC%252522%2526RS%3D%252522Ford%252BGlobal%252BTechnologies%252BLLC%252522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patent application<\/a> with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a pet restraint system.<\/p>\n<p>The application notes that pets are transported in cages, which still allow them significant freedom of movement in a vehicle&#8217;s cabin. That might keep the animals happy, but it&#8217;s not ideal in a crash, or even if the vehicle becomes unsettled. That&#8217;s why human passengers wear seat belts, after all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100853855_m\" title=\"Ford pet restraint system patent image\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Ford pet restraint system patent image\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"738\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853855_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853855_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853855_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853855_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853855_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853855_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ford pet restraint system patent image<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The restraint system described in the patent application is a bit like a combination of seat belts and a leash, in fact. One or more straps attach to the pet&#8217;s collar and the ISOFIX anchor points normally used for child seats.<\/p>\n<p>These straps are connected to retractors, which can take in slack like the inertia reels in seat belts when needed, according to the application. They&#8217;re controlled by sensors that measure acceleration and steering to sense conditions that might lead to pets getting thrown around the cabin, or determine whether a collision is occurring.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100853854_m\" title=\"Ford pet restraint system patent image\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Ford pet restraint system patent image\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"578\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853854_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853854_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853854_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853854_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853854_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/ford-pet-restraint-system-patent-image_100853854_s.jpg\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ford pet restraint system patent image<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other sensors can track where the vehicle is on a designated route, and adjust the restraints based on anticipated road conditions. Ford also includes a camera to monitor pet passengers.<\/p>\n<p>As with other patent applications, it&#8217;s unclear if the pet restraint system will actually reach production. Ford in particular has a habit of firing off patent applications for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1135788_ford-patents-ability-to-remotely-rev-engine\">novel features<\/a> in rapid succession. But such a system could be a good complement to software-based systems like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1121510_tesla-just-became-the-most-dog-friendly-automaker\">Tesla&#8217;s Dog Mode<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1136017_toyota-s-new-tech-could-help-save-a-child-trapped-in-car\">Toyota&#8217;s Cabin Awareness<\/a> tech, currently being tested as a way to prevent children or pets from being left in cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers often bring their pets along for the ride, and Ford might have a way to keep them safer. The company recently filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a pet restraint system. The application notes that pets are transported in cages, which still allow them significant freedom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}