Skoda Patents Illuminated Seatbelt Buckles - Said to be Useful in Night!

We witness a lot of new technology being incorporated in modern-day cars. We have everything in our cars nowadays - from the wireless charger to a vacuum cleaner - life becomes easier because of these clever features. But there is only one brand which takes the "Clever" term seriously and it goes with the slogan as well. Simply Clever is the slogan of the German-owned Czech-carmaker which has filed a patent of a very clever feature - illuminated seatbelt buckles from Skoda. It may sound silly at once but it is actually clever and very useful, let's see if it is a big deal!

Skoda has patented the most number of features in Czech under its Simply Clever tagline. A total of 94 patents were filed in the year 2019 under the Simply Clever initiative which includes some useful ones. Coming to the latest patent from Skoda which is the illuminated seatbelt buckles. It may not sound like a big deal but this helps in more than one way. In the night, you no more have to find the buckle as it is illuminated. Moreover, the buckle gets a transparent plastic top which is lit up by LEDs and it glows in three colours - Red, Green and White.

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The buckle is Red when you enter the car and it glows green when you buckle it up. Once you are buckled up, the colour changes to white and remains the same until you unbuckle your seatbelt. One more useful feature of the passenger seatbelt buckle is that it works with the weight sensor and only glows when there is any person sitting on the passenger seat.

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Skoda has also mentioned that it will incorporate a welcome illumination inside the seatbelt buckle to encourage the drive and passenger to buckle up. Now you know how clever these feature inclusions are and only Skoda can think of these "Simply Clever" features. Skoda will start incorporating the illuminated seatbelt buckles in all their cars from now on. Skoda also shared that a designated team works throughout the year and patents a lot of these features under the Simply Clever initiative.