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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Grammer Ag, Amberg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GRAMMER AG, Ursensollen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60R 21/0156 (2014.10); B60R 21/01532 (2014.10); B60R 21/01534 (2014.10);
Abstract
The invention relates to a system for seat occupancy detection, comprising a vehicle seat for a driver with an upper part and at least one suspension-damper system, an acceleration sensor being arranged on the upper part which is designed to determine a characteristic of an acceleration of the upper part as a function of time, an evaluation unit being provided which is designed to create an evaluation of the characteristic of the acceleration and optionally to send a signal to a higher-level control unit, the evaluation unit also being designed to assign the evaluation to a value of a mass of an object with which the vehicle seat is currently occupied.