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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey I Finkelstein, Charlotte, VT (US);
Mark T Lyons, Charlotte, VT (US);
Kurt K Preiss, Milton, VT (US);
Assignee:
McCord Winn Textron Inc., Manchester, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 49 ; 2972841 ;
Abstract
An occupant sensing system for a vehicle with of inflatable air cells is provided for allowing automatic sensing of the presence or absence of a seat occupant so as to eliminated unnecessary adaptive adjustment of air cell pressures and to allow the adaptive system to function without operator interaction via operating switches.