Appeal No. 2006-0022 Παγε 9
Application No. 09/810,943
located on the block as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 and are connected together as
shown in Figure 7.
Mazur
Mazur's invention is directed to a vehicle occupant restraint system and is
particularly directed to control of variable aspects within the system. The system
includes an actuatable occupant restraint device. First sensor means senses a first
occupant condition at a sense rate and provides a sensed signal indicative of the
sensed occupant condition. Means samples the sensed signal at a sample rate.
Determination means makes determinations regarding control of the restraint device at
a determination rate using the signal samples. Second sensor means senses a second
occupant condition. Variation means varies at least one of the signal rate, the sample
rate, and the determination rate in response to the second sensed occupant condition.
One of the occupant characteristics used in the vehicle occupant restraint
system is the weight of an occupant 12 upon a seat 14, which is determined by a weight
sensor 56 (Figure 1). In one example, the weight sensor 56 includes a strain gauge.
The resistivity of the strain gauge varies dependent upon the amount of force applied to
the strain gauge because of the occupant's weight on the seat. In the illustrated
embodiment, the weight sensor 56 is preferably located within a bottom seat portion of
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