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US 8,151,654 B2Granted
Sensor pad for controlling airbag deployment and associated support
AssigneeMethode Electronics, Inc.
InventorsFrank H. Speckhart, Robert Scott Baker
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AssigneeMethode Electronics, Inc.
InventorsFrank H. Speckhart, Robert Scott Baker
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A sensor pad for controlling the deployment of an automobile airbag. Weight sensing pad 10 is used in the seat 54 of an automobile, (not illustrated), to detect the presence of an occupant on the seat. Weight sensing pad 10 is used in conjunction with the vehicle's airbag control module in order to allow deployment of the airbag, in the event of a collision, only if the seat is occupied by a person of a preselected weight. Weight sensing pad 10 is defined by a bladder member 15 having an interior volume subdivided into a plurality of individual cells 42 in fluid communication with each other and that is filled with a non-compressible fluid 18, such as silicon or a silica gel of medium viscosity. A pressure tube 22 is in fluid communication with bladder 15 and is in further fluid communication with a pressure activated electronic transducer 26 which in turn is in electronic communication with the airbag controller 30.
A weight sensing pad for controlling activation of an automobile airbag, said weight sensing pad comprising:
A weight sensing pad for controlling activation of an automobile airbag, said weight sensing pad comprising:
A weight sensing pad for an automobile seat, said weight sensing pad comprising:
A weight sensing pad for an automobile seat, said weight sensing pad comprising:
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