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US 8,095,270 B2Granted
Vehicle safety system
AssigneeTRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
InventorsHans-Juergen Bossler, Christian Bollinger, Guido Hirzmann, Heinz-Joerg Lefringhausen, Volker Stegmann
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Abstract
In a vehicle safety system with a vehicle steering wheel, which has a steering wheel rim, and with at least one capacitive sensor which detects an alteration to an electric or electromagnetic field, the sensor is arranged in or on the steering wheel rim.
Claims1
A vehicle safety system, comprising
- a vehicle steering wheel (10), which has a steering wheel rim (12), and
- at least one capacitive sensor (14) which detects an alteration to an electric or electromagnetic field (16),
- the sensor (14) being arranged in or on said steering wheel rim (12) and
- the sensor (14) having a flexible fleece mat (32) with elongated electric leads (34) held therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.