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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2007
Kevin J. Hawes, Greentown, IN (US);
Morgan D. Murphy, Kokomo, IN (US);
Lee R. Hinze, Kokomo, IN (US);
Kevin J. Hawes, Greentown, IN (US);
Morgan D. Murphy, Kokomo, IN (US);
Lee R. Hinze, Kokomo, IN (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A capacitive sensor apparatus is disposed between the bottom cushion and frame of a seat. The sensor apparatus includes first and second mutually parallel rigid force translation plates biased apart by a set of springs, first and second conductor plates centrally affixed to inboard faces of the first and second force translation plates, and a control circuit responsive to the gap capacitance between the first and second conductor plates. The force translation plates are joined in a manner to maintain the conductor plates parallel to each other while permitting movement of either force translation plate relative to the other in a mutually perpendicular direction.