Device and method for detecting the weight of an object and/or an occupant on a vehicle seat

US6254126A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE
• Allied-Signal Automotive Abt. SRS · DE
• Breed Siemens Restraint Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Peter Bauer · Altdorf, DE
• Gunter Heitzer · Pfatter, DE
• Marten Swart · Obertraubling, DE
• Peter Popp · Broomfield, US
• Gerhard Danz · Würzburg, DE
• Galtano Origlio · Trebur, DE
• Ulrich Kippelt · Eningen unter Achalm, DE
• Markus Frisch · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2001
• Expiry date: Feb 8, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/003
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device and a method for detecting a weight of an object and/or an occupant on a vehicle seat are described. In which a control and evaluation circuit derives a weight signal from a current consumed by an electric motor during a controlled adjustment of the vehicle seat.