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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1085308 · 28 Jul 2004
A flat spring (15) of a vehicular seat (10) is elastically supported by means of supporting springs (23a to 23f) that extend in accordance with the load of an occupant. The seat (10) has displacement sensors (16a to 16d), first-stage determination step (ST...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1085898 · 30 Jun 2004
To provide a load sensor hardly causing error in weight measurement even when the environmental temperature of the load sensor varies, portions of a flexible substrate (50), on which strain gauges (54a'-54d') partially composing a sensor (50) are formed, a...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1086579 · 9 Jun 2004
The vehicle seat bracket is mounted on a vehicle floor and joined to a supporting rail and the vehicle seat can be moved within it. It has a fixed lower frame (2) and an upper frame (3) mounted in floating manner with intermediate weight sensors (4-7). The...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1087601 · 28 Apr 2004
An arrangement for detecting when a seat is in use, esp a vehicle seat, comprises a padding layer (10) and a sensor layer (14) under it which detects forces acting on the padding layer. An intermediate layer (30) is located between the padding and sensor l...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1089438 · 25 Feb 2004
In order to provide an inexpensive seat load measuring apparatus which can be effectively adopted to various kinds of motor vehicles without requiring various load sensors having cables of different lengths according to the kinds of motor vehicles, thereby...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1090432 · 14 Jan 2004
A weight measuring equipment comprising a base fixed to an object, a strain detection substrate fixed to the base, a fitting pin fixed to the strain detection substrate, an arm rotatably attached to the base by a support pin, and a leaf spring with one end...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1091564 · 26 Nov 2003
A strain sensor ideally suited for use as occupant weight sensors in an automobile is disclosed. The sensor uses stainless steel as a substrate. A portion of this conductive substrate is coated with a dielectric material such as porcelain. Strain sensitive...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1096221 · 7 May 2003
A passenger detection system is provided. The passenger detection system utilizes an oscillation circuit that causes an antenna electrode to emit an electric field that is disrupted by the electrical characteristics of an object placed on the seat. This di...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1098547 · 5 Feb 2003
The present invention provides a weight sensor device for detecting a weight of an occupant seated on a seat having a seat frame and a cushion. The device has a sensing wire (70) displaced downward in the seat frame as the cushion is deformed due to the we...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1101377 · 2 Oct 2002
An improved occupant weight detection system (10) measures the pressure in a fluid-filled bladder (20) disposed in or under a foam seat cushion as an indication of occupant weight, and periodically adjusts the pressure vs. occupant weight relationship to c...