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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Robert Midderhoff, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Thomas Hellerforth, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Inventors:
Robert Midderhoff, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Thomas Hellerforth, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Assignee:
Takata AG, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/06 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); A47C 7/74 (2006.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/06 (2013.01); A47C 7/748 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); B60N 2/5685 (2013.01); B60R 21/0154 (2014.10); B60R 21/01532 (2014.10); H05B 1/0238 (2013.01); Y10T 74/20834 (2015.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an occupancy detection device for detecting an occupancy of a seat of a motor vehicle. The occupancy detection device comprises an electric resonant circuit and a sensor element, wherein the electric resonant circuit experiences a change due to a change of the surroundings of the sensor element, so that with reference to the determined electrical parameter an occupancy of the seat can be detected; and a heater control connected with the occupancy detection device such that the sensor element can simultaneously operate as a heater.