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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2007
Applicants:

Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);

Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);

James Y. Khoury, Macomb, MI (US);

Artie J Martin, Fraser, MI (US);

Pablo D. Zavattieri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

William Barvosa-carter, Ventura, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alan L. Browne, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);

Nancy L. Johnson, Northville, MI (US);

James Y. Khoury, Macomb, MI (US);

Artie J Martin, Fraser, MI (US);

Pablo D. Zavattieri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

William Barvosa-Carter, Ventura, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems for detecting animate objects in a vehicle compartment include active materials based sensors for detecting the presence of an animate object in the compartment. The systems produce a response if the sensors detect the presence of an animate object in the compartment and at least one other predetermined condition exists.


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