Device for recognizing a child's seat which is strapped to the front passenger's seat of a motor vehicle

US5515933A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Michael Meyer · Altdorf, DE
• Volker Petri · Aidlingen, DE
• Reinhold Mickeler · Altdorf, DE
• Manfred Mueller · Eindhoven, NL
• Luigi Brambilla · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 1995
• Grant date: May 14, 1996
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2210/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for recognizing a child's seat which is strapped to the front passenger's seat of a motor vehicle is provided. Such a device is required in order to inhibit release of a front seat passenger's side airbag when a child's seat is strapped on the front passenger's seat. An identification carrier, for example, an electrical tuned circuit or an intelligent data carrier, which attenuates an electromagnetic measurement field in a characteristic manner, is fitted to the child's seat. The presence and, possibly, also the type of child's seat used can be recorded.