Sensor device for a vehicle seat

US7360460B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KEIPER GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Diehl · Kaufbeuren, DE
• Hans Edrich · Heltersberg, DE
• Daniel Hippel · Winnweiler, DE
• Michael Borbe · Rheinbach, DE
• Rolf Schüler · Heiligenhaus, DE
• Frank Grossbudde · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2008
• Expiry date: May 7, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2210/48
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, a sensor device (11) is arranged between the superstructure of the vehicle seat and the seat rail (3) of the vehicle seat, in order to measure forces transmitted from the superstructure into the seat rail (3). The sensor device (11) can be positioned at least partially inside the seat rail (3).