Vehicle seat with an embedded occupancy detector system and occupant protection system including same
AssigneeZoox, Inc.
InventorsJames Michael Eccleston, Daniel Scott Armagost, Anthony Iannone
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Abstract
A vehicle seat with an embedded occupancy detector system and manufacturing method for same, and an occupant protection system including an occupancy detector system embedded in a vehicle seat as described herein. Examples include a molded vehicle seat with one or more inserts including an occupant detection system with one or more sensor pads. A gap housing one or more sensor pads of an occupant detection system may be provided between a surface of an insert and a recessed surface of the molded vehicle seat.
Claims20
A method of making a vehicle seat comprising:
- injecting a first foam into a seat membrane within a first mold to form a molded body comprising a recess;
- forming a plug;
- disposing at least a portion of an occupant detection system on the plug;
- and
- coupling the plug with at least the portion of the occupant detection system disposed thereon to the molded body wherein the plug is at least partially disposed in the recess and a gap is defined between a surface of the recess and a surface of the plug.
A method of making a vehicle seat, comprising:
- injecting a first foam into a first mold to form a molded body comprising a recess;
- injecting a second foam into a second mold to form a plug;
- disposing an occupant detection system on the plug;
- and
- installing the plug with the occupant detection system disposed thereon into the recess of the molded body.
A vehicle seat comprising:
- a molded body comprising a recess, wherein the molded body comprises foam and an outer membrane coupled to the foam;
- a plug comprising one or more sensor pads, the plug disposed in the recess of the molded body;
- and
- a gap defined between a surface of the recess and a surface of the plug, wherein at least a portion of the one or more sensor pads is disposed in the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.