Vehicle occupant sensing system and method of electrically attaching a sensor to an electrical circuit
    51.
    发明授权
    Vehicle occupant sensing system and method of electrically attaching a sensor to an electrical circuit 失效
    车辆乘员传感系统和将传感器电连接到电路的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07034709B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-25

    申请号:US10748514

    申请日:2003-12-30

    IPC分类号: B60R21/01

    摘要: A vehicle occupant sensing system for detecting a condition of a vehicle seat. The system includes a circuit carrier, an electric circuit with a plurality of leads, and at least one sensor that has a plurality of terminals. Also, the system includes a plurality of conductive connectors associated with the corresponding terminals and leads. The connectors each include a body disposed for electrical communication with the associated terminal and include at least one deformable blade. The blade extends into the circuit carrier and into electrical communication with the associated lead of the circuit, thereby mechanically attaching the conductive connector to the carrier while providing electrical communication between the sensor and the circuit. Also included is a method of manufacturing the same. By piercing the carrier and the circuit, the blade establishes a more robust mechanical and electrical connection for the sensor, thereby increasing the operating life of the system.

    摘要翻译: 一种车辆乘员检测系统,用于检测车辆座椅的状况。 该系统包括电路载体,具有多个引线的电路以及具有多个端子的至少一个传感器。 此外,该系统包括与相应的端子和引线相关联的多个导电连接器。 连接器各自包括设置成与相关联的端子电连通并且包括至少一个可变形叶片的主体。 刀片延伸到电路载体中并与电路的相关引线电连通,从而将导电连接器机械地附接到载体上,同时提供传感器和电路之间的电连通。 还包括其制造方法。 通过刺穿载体和电路,刀片为传感器建立了更坚固的机械和电气连接,从而增加了系统的使用寿命。

    Method of occupancy classification in a vehicle seat
    52.
    发明授权
    Method of occupancy classification in a vehicle seat 失效
    车辆座椅的占用分类方法

    公开(公告)号:US07034670B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-25

    申请号:US10748504

    申请日:2003-12-30

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/00 B60K28/04 G06E3/00

    CPC分类号: B60N2/002

    摘要: A method of recognizing and classifying the occupancy in a vehicle seat having an occupancy sensing system, including the steps of sensing the output of an array of sensors that detect a physical presence in a seat and applying the sensor array output as a vector representation to a neural net that was trained using a learning vector quantization algorithm. The method also includes the step of recognizing the sensor array output as falling within one of a group of predetermined classification patterns that represent a physical presence in the seat defined by size, weight, and physical orientation.

    摘要翻译: 一种识别和分类具有占用感测系统的车辆座椅中的占用的方法,包括以下步骤:检测检测座椅中物理存在的传感器阵列的输出,并将传感器阵列输出作为向量表示应用于 使用学习向量量化算法训练的神经网络。 该方法还包括以下步骤:将传感器阵列输出识别为落在由尺寸,重量和物理取向所限定的座椅中的物理存在的一组预定分类图案之一内。

    Method of tuning a sensor array for occupancy sensing in a vehicle seat
    53.
    发明授权
    Method of tuning a sensor array for occupancy sensing in a vehicle seat 失效
    调整用于车辆座椅中的占用感测的传感器阵列的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06985077B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-10

    申请号:US10748357

    申请日:2003-12-30

    IPC分类号: B60R22/00 B60R21/32 G01L25/00

    CPC分类号: B60N2/002 B60R21/01516

    摘要: A method of tuning the output of a sensor array for a vehicle seat occupancy sensing system that is used with a neural net for occupancy classification. The method includes the step of pressing a series of seat cushion body pressure distribution forms in a series of predetermined seating positions into a particular vehicle seat to produce a series of representative sensor response patterns from the sensor array. The method also includes the steps of comparing each sensor response pattern through the neural net and determining if any of the determined sensor patterns are indistinguishable, and then determining which sensors were deflected and the amount of deflection in those sensors for the indistinguishable sensor response patterns. The method steps further include adjusting the biasing of said sensors to cause said indistinguishable patterns to diverge and be distinguishable by the neural net and repeating the above steps until the senor response patterns are distinguishable from one another.

    摘要翻译: 一种调整用于与用于占用分类的神经网络一起使用的车辆座椅占用感测系统的传感器阵列的输出的方法。 该方法包括将一系列坐垫体压力分布形式按一系列预定的就座位置压入特定车辆座椅中以从传感器阵列产生一系列代表性的传感器响应图案的步骤。 该方法还包括以下步骤:通过神经网络比较每个传感器响应模式,并确定所确定的传感器模式中的任何一个是不可区分的,然后确定哪些传感器被偏转,以及用于不可区分的传感器响应模式的那些传感器中的偏转量。 所述方法步骤还包括调整所述传感器的偏置量以使得所述不可分辨图案发散并且可由神经网络区分并重复上述步骤,直到传感器响应图案彼此区分。

    Haptic alert waveform generation method and system
    55.
    发明授权
    Haptic alert waveform generation method and system 有权
    触觉警报波形生成方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08686940B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-01

    申请号:US12921601

    申请日:2009-02-27

    IPC分类号: G09G5/00 G06F3/00

    CPC分类号: G06F3/016

    摘要: Haptic alert waveform generation method and system for use with haptic actuators that impart haptic sensations according to a waveform of an input signal used to control the haptic actuator. The shape and/or amplitude of the waveform may be controlled according to information collected from various vehicle systems, allowing virtually any type of waveform to generate and used to impart virtually any type of haptic sensations.

    摘要翻译: 触觉警报波形生成方法和系统,用于触觉致动器,其根据用于控制触觉致动器的输入信号的波形产生触觉感觉。 可以根据从各种车辆系统收集的信息来控制波形的形状和/或振幅,从而允许实际上任何类型的波形产生并用于实际上赋予任何类型的触觉感觉。

    Charger receptacle
    56.
    发明授权
    Charger receptacle 有权
    充电器插座

    公开(公告)号:US08668506B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-11

    申请号:US13095402

    申请日:2011-04-27

    IPC分类号: H01R13/44

    摘要: A charging receptacle having a barrel and a base configured to facilitate interconnecting electrical elements of a cordset with a vehicle charging system. The barrel may be configured to facilitate alignment of the electrical elements and the base may be configured to facilitate mounting the charger receptacle to a vehicle or other device having a system reliant on electrical energy provided through the cordset.

    摘要翻译: 具有筒体和底座的充电容座,其配置成便于将电线组件的电气元件与车辆充电系统相互连接。 枪管可以被配置为便于电气元件的对准,并且基座可以被配置为便于将充电器插座安装到具有依赖于通过电线组提供的电能的系统的车辆或其他设备。

    CHARGER RECEPTACLE
    57.
    发明申请
    CHARGER RECEPTACLE 有权
    充电器插座

    公开(公告)号:US20120276782A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-01

    申请号:US13095402

    申请日:2011-04-27

    IPC分类号: H01R24/00 H05K13/00

    摘要: A charging receptacle having a barrel and a base configured to facilitate interconnecting electrical elements of a cordset with a vehicle charging system. The barrel may be configured to facilitate alignment of the electrical elements and the base may be configured to facilitate mounting the charger receptacle to a vehicle or other device having a system reliant on electrical energy provided through the cordset.

    摘要翻译: 具有筒体和底座的充电容座,其配置成便于将电线组件的电气元件与车辆充电系统相互连接。 枪管可以被配置为便于电气元件的对准,并且基座可以被配置为便于将充电器插座安装到具有依赖于通过电线组提供的电能的系统的车辆或其他设备。

    Method of predicting an empty seat condition in an occupancy sensing system
    58.
    发明授权
    Method of predicting an empty seat condition in an occupancy sensing system 失效
    在占用感测系统中预测空座位状况的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06901322B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-31

    申请号:US10748355

    申请日:2003-12-30

    申请人: John F. Nathan

    发明人: John F. Nathan

    CPC分类号: B60R21/01516

    摘要: A method of predicting an empty seat condition for a vehicle seat having an occupancy sensing system with a sensor array assembly. The method includes determining a first resultant value based on the change between the differences among a first series of sensor readings taken from the sensor array over a predetermined period of time, and determining a second resultant value based on the change between the differences among a second series of sensor readings taken over a different predetermined period of time. The first and second resultant values are summed and if the summed value is negative the change in the first and second resultant values is calculated in terms of time to determine if it is greater than a predetermined value. Further, the the vehicle seat is classified as empty if the summed value is negative and calculated change is greater than the predetermined amount.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于具有具有传感器阵列组件的占用感测系统的车辆座椅的空座位状态的预测方法。 该方法包括基于在预定时间段内从传感器阵列获取的第一系列传感器读数之间的差异之间的变化确定第一结果值,以及基于第二结果值之间的变化确定第二结果值 在不同的预定时间段内读取一系列传感器读数。 将第一和第二结果值相加,并且如果求和值为负,则根据时间计算第一和第二结果值中的变化以确定其是否大于预定值。 此外,如果总和值为负并且计算出的变化大于预定量,则车辆座椅被分类为空。

    VENTILATED SEAT ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF CONTROL
    59.
    发明申请
    VENTILATED SEAT ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF CONTROL 审中-公开
    通风座椅组件和控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110186560A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-04

    申请号:US13056187

    申请日:2009-09-22

    摘要: A seat assembly and a method of controlling temperature of a seat assembly. The seat assembly may include a seat bottom configured to move between a first position and a second position. A flexible duct provides air to the seat bottom. The flexible duct has a housing defining an air passage and a plurality of support members disposed in the air passage. The flexible duct moves when the seat bottom moves from the first position to the second position.

    摘要翻译: 一种座椅组件和一种控制座椅组件温度的方法。 座椅组件可以包括配置成在第一位置和第二位置之间移动的座椅底部。 柔性管道向座椅底部提供空气。 柔性管道具有限定空气通道的壳体和设置在空气通道中的多个支撑构件。 当座椅底部从第一位置移动到第二位置时,柔性管道移动。

    Seat folding apparatus with a passive radio frequency link and foreign object detection system
    60.
    发明授权
    Seat folding apparatus with a passive radio frequency link and foreign object detection system 失效
    带无源射频链路和异物检测系统的座椅折叠装置

    公开(公告)号:US07808394B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-05

    申请号:US11868090

    申请日:2007-10-05

    IPC分类号: G08B21/00

    CPC分类号: B60N2/3002 B60N2/002

    摘要: A seat folding apparatus is provided with a passive Rf frequency link that requires that a person be within a certain limited distance from the vehicle to operate the seat folding mechanism. A foreign object detection system, such as a plurality of weight sensors, is provided in the seat to detect foreign objects on the seat.

    摘要翻译: 座椅折叠装置设置有被动Rf频率链路,其要求人在距离车辆一定距离的范围内以操作座椅折叠机构。 诸如多个重量传感器的异物检测系统设置在座中以检测座椅上的异物。