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US 2002/0000742 A1Published application
Vehicle seat sensor
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsKoji Wato, Takaaki Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ito
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Abstract
To provide a vehicle seat sensor wherein the sensor mat is kept stabilized by a soft flexible stabilizing member such as foamed material. A sensor mat is sandwiched between a soft film stabilizing member.
Claims7
A vehicle seat sensor comprising:
- a sensor mat mounted between a seat cushion and a trim cover of a seat portion of a vehicle seat, said sensor mat being parallel to a seating surface of the seat portion, the sensor mat including a plurality of sensor cells oriented in a matrix-like arrangement;
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- a soft and flexible stabilizing member provided between the trim cover and the sensor mat.
A vehicle seat sensor comprising:
- a sensor mat mounted between a seat heater and a seat cushion, said sensor mat positioned parallel to a seating surface of a seat portion, the sensor mat including a plurality of sensor cells in matrix-like arrangement, a seat heater being placed between the seat cushion and a trim cover of the seat portion;
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- a soft and flexible stabilizing member provided between the trim cover and the sensor mat, stabilizing member being thermally insulating.
A vehicle seat sensor comprising:
- a sensor mat having a plurality of sensor cells, each of said sensor cells electrically connected to a remainder of said plurality of sensor cells to output an electrical signal representative of a load on said sensor mat;
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- a soft and flexible stabilizing member positioned on at least one side of said sensor mat to support said sensor mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.