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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Jochen Hofmann, Marktgraitz, DE;
Bernhard Schrimpl, Coburg, DE;
Andreas Schmid, Coburg, DE;
Martin Schwarz, Coburg, DE;
Jochen Hofmann, Marktgraitz, DE;
Bernhard Schrimpl, Coburg, DE;
Andreas Schmid, Coburg, DE;
Martin Schwarz, Coburg, DE;
Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co.KG, Coburg, Coburg, DE;
Abstract
A seat assembly includes a seat element constituting a component of the seat structure of a motor vehicle seat, a tubular drive element connected pivotably around its longitudinal axis to the seat element that constitutes a component of a displacement arrangement for an adjustable seat part, for example, for a height adjustable seat cushion, as well as a preferably electrically operated weight sensor for the detection of seat occupancy using the weight of a person sitting in the corresponding motor vehicle seat. Through the detection of seat occupancy, it is possible to control various functional groups of a motor vehicle as a function of seat occupancy, such as, for example, automatic occupancy- and/or weight-dependent adjustment of certain seat components as well as the occupancy- and/or weight-dependent deployment of an airbag module.