Appeal No. 2006-0022 Παγε 10
Application No. 09/810,943
the seat 14. The weight sensor 56 provides a signal 66 indicative of the weight of the
occupant 12 to a controller 26.
As shown in Figure 2, the controller 26 includes a weight signal sampler function
72 which samples the signal 66 from the weight sensor 56. Each time the signal 66 is
sampled, a weight indicative value of the signal 66 is "read." Preferably, the weight
signal sampler is an internal analog-to-digital ("A/D") converter having a controllable
sample or conversion rate. Sampling of the signal 66 by the weight signal sampler
function 72 occurs at a fixed sample rate. The sample rates for the signal 66 are preset
to be relatively low. Accordingly, the process of sensing occupant weight to control
other rates within the system is not itself a burden on the processing system of
controller 26.
Claims 36 to 40
We sustain the rejection of claims 36 to 40 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claim 36 reads as follows:
Apparatus comprising:
a vehicle seat frame;
a plurality of deflectable mounting structures which together bear the
entire weight of said frame;
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