Pressure sensing system and seat cushion having the pressure sensing system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12083989
APP PUB NO 20210086721A1
SERIAL NO

16629179

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A pressure sensing system (24), seat cushion (20) incorporating the pressure sensing system, and method of sensing a weight group associated with an occupant of an automotive seat are described. The pressure sensing system includes a layer of an electrically conductive foam (28) and a flexible printed circuit (26) that includes a flexible substrate (26a) and N horizontal sensing wires (26b) and M vertical sensing wires (26c) securely placed on a top surface of the flexible substrate. The horizontal sensing wires intersect with the vertical sensing wires and form N×M intersections. The layer of an electrically conductive foam is placed on top of the N horizontal sensing wires and the M vertical sensing wires. When a pressure is applied to the layer of the electrically conductive foam, each intersection generates in real time an electric flux density value to reflect a degree of a compression caused by the pressure to a corresponding point of the electrically conductive foam.

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MAGNA SEATING INCAURORA ONTARIO L4G 7K1

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Carraro, Bruno Ferndale, US 6 10
Chauvin, Rene Desbarats, CA 7 24
Kozlowski, Eric Oakland Township, US 27 180
Wyatt, Daniel C St. Clair Shores, US 5 120

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