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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Volker Wilhelmi, Esslingen, DE;
Ernst Maier, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Mercedes-Benz AG, , DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307 101 ; 307-91 ; 180271 ; 280722 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a seat-occupancy-detection device in a motor vehicle, by means of which seat functions can be actuated dependent on the load acting on the seat, which device is configured such that it can be utilized and implemented in a more versatile manner. By using a data bus in the vehicle, which provides the functions connected to the data bus with items of information throughout the vehicle, the area around a seating position is automatically adapted based on seat occupancy.