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Device for detecting the weight loaded onto a vehicle seat with a sensor and a spring body

  • US 20030085060A1
  • Filed: 10/18/2002
  • Published: 05/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for detecting the weight loaded on a vehicle seat, comprising:

  • a sensor;

    a spring body that connects the vehicle seat to an underbody of a corresponding motor vehicle and is connected, in a first fastening area, with a bottom rail of the vehicle seat and, in another fastening area, to the underbody of the corresponding motor vehicle, one of these mounting areas being provided with a bore through which a seat fastening screw is engaged;

    wherein the sensor is a travel sensor which is disposed parallel to the seat fastening screw between the two fastening areas or to these rigidly connected parts and which measures the distance of these fastening areas parallel to the seat fastening screw.

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