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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110024279 | SEATING DETECTION SWITCH A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100212988 | SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH IGNITION SWITCH AND SWITCH ACTUATOR A seat includes a seat frame and a resilient web supported by the seat frame. The web is adapted for movement between an at rest condition in which no operator is seated on the seat, and a deflected condition in which the web is deflected with respect to the frame in re... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100090506 | DETECTION DEVICE AND SEAT COMPRISING ONE SUCH DEVICE A detection device comprises a body (1) comprising an electric contact (3) with at least two electric operating states and a movable operating device (2) having at least two operating positions. The movable operating device (2) is connected t... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20090194406 | CAPACITIVE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM An occupant classification system for a vehicle seat includes an electrode arrangement for being integrated into a seating portion of the seat, which electrode arrangement includes a sensing electrode, a shielding electrode and an insulating layer sandwiched between the... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090152091 | SEATING DETECTION SWITCH A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090127089 | SEATING DETECTION SWITCH A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090120776 | SEATING DETECTION SWITCH A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090003008 | Seat Condition Detection Device and Illumination Direction Adjustment Device for Vehicle Head Lamp A seat state detecting apparatus is provided with a sensor unit including a plurality of pressure sensitive switch units connected in parallel to each other. Each of the pressure sensitive switch units is switched to an on state or an off state in correspondence to a pr... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090000846 | SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH IGNITION SWITCH AND SWITCH ACTUATOR A seat includes a seat frame and a resilient web supported by the seat frame. The web is adapted for movement between an at rest condition in which no operator is seated on the seat, and a deflected condition in which the web is deflected with respect to the frame in re... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080128258 | Pressure Sensitive Switching Element and Seat Sensor A foil-type switching element comprises a first elastic carrier foil (A) having a first thickness (a) and a second elastic carrier foil (C) having a second thickness (c), which are arranged at a certain distance (b) from each other by means of a spacer (B). The switchin... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080121511 | Load sensor A load sensor is provided as a seat sensor that includes a first film formed in a linear shape, a second film formed in the same shape as the first film and arranged facing the first film, sensor electrodes arranged between the first film and the second film facing each... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080053798 | SEATING DETECTION SWITCH A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20070267282 | Vehicle occupant sensing system having enclosed sensor assembly A vehicle occupant sensing system adapted for detecting a condition of a vehicle seat assembly that includes at least one emitter and at least one sensor disposed in spaced relationship to the emitter. The sensor is operable to detect relative distance to the emitter to... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20060086595 | Vehicle occupant sensing system having a contamination barrier member A vehicle occupant sensing system that includes at least one sensor and at least one sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a base and an upper slide member supported for movement toward and away from the base wherein the sensor is operable to detect movement of the u... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20050061643 | Vehicle seat weight sensor A seat weight sensor for detecting the weight of a seat occupant. The weight sensor has a case mounted between a seat pan and a seat member. One or more strain gauge resistors are mounted in the case. The resistors generate an electrical signal in response to the case b... | 03/24/2005 |
