Patent 6992571 was granted and assigned to Nissan on January, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A seatbelt-fastening prompting apparatus which includes; a seatbelt fastening detector for detecting whether a seatbelt is fastened or unfastened; a vibrator for vibrating a steering wheel; and a controller for activating the vibrator when an ignition switch is turned on and the seatbelt fastening detector detects the seatbelt as being unfastened.