US Patent:
20040035613, Feb 26, 2004
Inventors:
George Wolfe - Plymouth MI, US
Charles Steffens - Washington MI, US
Nick Smith - Southfield MI, US
Donald Chomic - Whitmore Lake MI, US
International Classification:
G01G019/52
Abstract:
An assembly () is used in a vehicle having a seat () for a vehicle occupant and a vehicle floor pan () for supporting the vehicle seat (). The assembly () includes a vehicle seat frame () for supporting a load of the vehicle occupant in the vehicle seat (), a sensor () for sensing the load of the vehicle occupant, and a housing () for transmitting the load of the vehicle occupant to the vehicle floor pan (). The sensor () provides an output signal indicative of the amount of the load of the vehicle occupant. The housing () encloses the sensor () to protect the sensor ().