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Patent Inventor Names
Daniel J. DuRocher0
Date of Patent
January 8, 2008
0Patent Application Number
112367280
Date Filed
September 28, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
An apparatus for occupant detection in a vehicle, including a dielectric substrate with a reference plane, and a plurality of electrodes forming a capacitive array on said dielectric substrate and coupled to said reference plane. Each of the plurality of electrodes being formed of a conductive polymer thick film ink. The plurality of electrodes and the reference plane are connected to a controller that detects a change in capacitance between the plurality of electrodes and the reference plane, and identifies the presence and type of occupant in the vehicle.
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