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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
David S. Breed, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Jeffrey L. Morin, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Wilbur E. Duvall, Reeds Spring, MO (US);
David S. Breed, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Jeffrey L. Morin, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Wilbur E. DuVall, Reeds Spring, MO (US);
Automotive Technologies International, Inc., Denville, NJ (US);
Abstract
System for measuring the weight of an occupant in a vehicle seat having a bottom portion and a back portion at an angle to the bottom portion and for controlling a safety restraint system responsive thereto which includes a fluid-containing bladder mounted within or beneath an upper surface of the bottom portion of the seat and supported by a base of the seat, a pressure sensor operatively coupled to the bladder for generating a signal responsive to pressure of the fluid within the bladder caused by pressure applied to the upper surface of the seat, and a processor coupled to the pressure sensor for determining the weight of the occupant from the signal and generating a control signal for controlling the safety restraint system responsive to the weight determination. The weight of the occupant can be used to control components in the vehicle or the seat itself.