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Seat weight sensor with means for distributing loads

  • US 5,918,696 A
  • Filed: 01/07/1998
  • Issued: 07/06/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sensor for sensing the weight of an occupant on a vehicle seat, comprising:

  • a. a hydrostatic weight sensor located within the vehicle seat, said hydrostatic weight sensor incorporates a pressure sensor for generating a signal responsive to the pressure of the sensing fluid within said hydrostatic weight sensor, and said pressure is responsive to the component of occupant weight applied by the occupant on the vehicle seat to said hydrostatic weight sensor;

    b. a load distributor comprising one or more layers of slitted material proximate a load bearing surface of said hydrostatic weight sensor.

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