US 2025/0135962 A1 · BACKREST AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE SIZE OF A SEAT OCCUPANT

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a seat backrest, the backrest extending in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the backrest comprising: at least one first and one second coplanar interdigital electrode capacitive sensor arranged on a first zone of the backrest located above a horizontal central plane and on one side of a vertical central plane; the second capacitive sensor of the first zone being located above the first capacitive sensor of the first zone; the second capacitive sensor of the first zone being advanced by a first distance relative to the first capacitive sensor of the first zone in the direction of the central vertical plane.

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Dependent claims

A seat backrest, the seat backrest extending in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;

at least one first and one second coplanar interdigital electrode capacitive sensor, referred to as first and second capacitive sensors of the first zone, the capacitive sensors of the first zone being arranged on a first zone of the backrest located above a horizontal central plane and on one side of a vertical central plane;
the second capacitive sensor of the first zone being located above the first capacitive sensor of the first zone;
the second capacitive sensor of the first zone is advanced by a first distance relative to the first capacitive sensor of the first zone in the direction of the vertical central plane.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/931,744Filed 30 Oct 2024

Priority

FR 231186331 Oct 2023

Published

1 May 2025

Term ends

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Classification18 codes

B60N 2/0022
Characterised by the type of sensor or measurement: for sensing anthropometric parameters, e.g. heart rate or body temperature
B60N 2/0027
For identifying, categorising or investigation of the occupant or object on the seat: for detecting the position of the occupant or of occupant's…
B60N 2/002
Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles: seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted…
B60N 2/0029
For identifying, categorising or investigation of the occupant or object on the seat: for detecting the motion of the occupant

Backrest and device for detecting the size of a seat occupant

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Backrest and device for detecting the size of a seat occupant

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Abstract

Claims24