Motor vehicle seat-occupancy-detection device

US5602425A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Volker Wilhelmi · Eßlingen, DE
• Ernst Maier · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 1994
• Grant date: Feb 11, 1997
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/01061
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a seat-occupancy-detection device in a motor vehicle, by means of which seat functions can be actuated dependent on the load acting on the seat, which device is configured such that it can be utilized and implemented in a more versatile manner. By using a data bus in the vehicle, which provides the functions connected to the data bus with items of information throughout the vehicle, the area around a seating position is automatically adapted based on seat occupancy.