Patents by Inventor Ronald Anthony Vallette, Jr.

Ronald Anthony Vallette, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Seat occupant sensing system
    Patent number: 5991676
    Abstract: A seat occupant sensing system has a plurality of variable resistance force sensors located between a rigid seat support member and the floor of the vehicle. The force transferred from the rigid seat support member to the floor of the vehicle passes through said variable resistance force sensors which sense the magnitude of the force transferred therethrough and generate a signal which is indicative of the force transferred therethrough resistance force sensors interposed between a rigid seat support member and a rigid seat pan member such that the weight supported by the seat pan member is transferred from the seat pan member to the seat support member via said at least one variable resistance force sensor which senses the magnitude of the weight transferred therethrough. A device, such as a microprocessor, processes a signal from the variable resistance force sensors to determine the weight that the rigid seat pan member is bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Podoloff, Ronald Anthony Vallette, Jr.