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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Martin Specht, Feldafing, DE;
Thomas Kilian, Mammendorf, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Specht, Feldafing, DE;
Thomas Kilian, Mammendorf, DE;
Assignee:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for detecting the occupancy status of a vehicle seat with an electrical capacity sensor device that is arranged in a seat belt buckle assigned to the vehicle seat and whose electrical capacity is altered relative to a reference potential (mass, ground) by the presence of a person occupying the vehicle seat and which, as a result, emits an electrical seat occupant presence output signal.