Sensor mat

• US 7,302,865 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2005
• Issued: 12/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Jungen, Dietmar, Schmied, Martin, Wittmann, Björn, Steier, Andreas, Henne, Ralf
• Primary Examiner(s): NOLAND, THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US11/165,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20060137481A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• Field of Search: 2972172-2173, 738/620.41, 738/659, 280/735
• US Class Current: 73/862.041
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01516 using force or pressure sensing means
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4142 for controlling activation of safety devices, e.g. airbag systems electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements in case of vehicle accidents B60R21/015

Abstract

A sensor mat, particularly for vehicle seats in connection with restraint systems, which includes at least one positioning strip that may be snapped onto a fastener.

Claims

1. A sensor mat for a seat of a vehicle for cooperating with a restraint device of the vehicle, the vehicle seat including a fastening device, the sensor mat comprising:

at least one positioning strip adapted to be snapped into the fastening device;

wherein the positioning strip is adapted to be snapped into the fastening device that is situated on the vehicle seat for fixing on a seat cover.

2. The sensor mat according to claim 1, further comprising a base carrier, and wherein the positioning strip is formed from the base carrier.

3. The sensor mat according to claim 1, wherein the positioning strip is adapted to be snapped together with the fastening device in a detachable manner.

4. The sensor mat according to claim 1, wherein the positioning strip has an opening into which the fastening device is plugged, a dimension of the opening being adapted to the fastening device in such a way that a detaching is possible only using a force effort.