Device for detecting the type of occupancy of the passenger's seat of a motor vehicle

US6164693A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Mattes · Sachsenheim, DE
• Marko Maschek · Lambach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 18, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/01526
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A simple device for reliably detecting at least one type of occupancy of the passenger's seat of a motor vehicle in which the passenger-side air bag must absolutely not be activated. A manually operated switch is provided, having at least one switch position assigned to a type of occupancy for which the passenger-side air bag must not be activated; a control unit is provided which deactivates the passenger-side air bag when the switch is not in this switch position; and an arrangement is provided to prevent the vehicle from driving away after the engine has been started unless the switch has first been operated.