Seat rail assembly capable of sensing weight
OwnerWolf-Dietrich Bauer, Peter Ebel +2inventors
InventorsWolf-Dietrich Bauer, Peter Ebel, Martin Lanzerath, Harald Rudolf
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Abstract
A device for determining the seat weight on a vehicle seat assembly, provided with at least one seat rail on which the seat is mounted, and with a weight sensor that interacts with the seat rail. The at least one seat rail is fastened to the vehicle in a fixed manner via the weight sensor and at least one additional fastening device. The seat rail (2) is embedded inside an elastomer structure (5) that serves as a vibration damper while also acting as a step protection and overload protection.
Claims19
A device for determining weight of a seat on a vehicle seat assembly, comprising
- at least one seat rail on which the seat is mounted;
- a weight sensor that interacts with the seat rail, wherein the at least one seat rail is fastened to the vehicle in a fixed manner by the weight sensor and by at least one additional fastening device, and wherein the at least one additional fastening device is an elastomer structure mounted in a fixed manner to the vehicle;
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- at least one seat rail embedded in said elastomer structure.
A device for determining weight on a seat, comprising:
- a weight sensor;
- an elastomer structure;
- a seat rail supported by said weight sensor and embedded in said elastomer structure wherein said seat is mounted on said seat rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.