Patents Examined by Jacqueline Sliteris
  • Patent number: 6394490
    Abstract: An automobile seat occupant sensor and airbag control system for detecting the location and weight of a person in a car and a seat inclination angle. The system includes an airbag and an airbag deployment mechanism for deploying the airbag. Several sensors are fixedly located in a weight path of the vehicle seat. The sensors are located between a seat bottom and a vehicle floor. A controller is connected between the airbag deployment mechanism and the sensors for controlling deployment of the airbag. The controller calculates a center of gravity of the seat occupant, weight of the occupant and a seat inclination angle and uses this information to control deployment of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventors: William Osmer, Michael R. Wills, Patrick B. Blakesley