Apparatus and method for sensing and restraining an occupant of

Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

280734, 180271, B60R 2126

Patent

active

055732690

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus (10) for sensing and restraining an occupant of a vehicle seat (34) includes a weight sensor (60) and a seat incline sensor (62). The weight sensor (60) senses a sensed weight of the occupant of the seat (34). The sensed weight differs from the actual weight of the occupant. The incline sensor (62) senses a characteristic which affects the difference between the sensed weight and the actual weight of the occupant. The apparatus (10) further includes a controller (36) and an inflatable vehicle occupant restraint (26). The controller (36) determines a computed weight of the occupant as a function of both the sensed weight and the characteristic. Inflation fluid is directed into the restraint (26) to inflate the restraint (26) and is controlled in response to the computed weight determined by the controller (36).

REFERENCES:
patent: 5074583 (1991-12-01), Fujita et al.
patent: 5161820 (1992-11-01), Vollmer
patent: 5184845 (1993-02-01), Omura
patent: 5232243 (1993-08-01), Blackburn et al.
patent: 5398185 (1995-03-01), Omura
patent: 5404128 (1995-04-01), Ogino et al.
patent: 5413378 (1995-05-01), Steffens et al.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Apparatus and method for sensing and restraining an occupant of does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Apparatus and method for sensing and restraining an occupant of , we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Apparatus and method for sensing and restraining an occupant of will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-557567

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.