Patent ID: 7766383
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle including a floor at least in part defining a passenger compartment of the vehicle, comprising: a seat including a seat cushion assembly and seat back assembly defining a contact surface adapted to support an occupant of said seat; a support structure adapted to movably support said seat on the floor, said support structure comprising: an occupant classification system that determines an occupant classification based on the occupant weight measured by said strain gage measurement system; an airbag positioned to deploy to provide protection to the occupant of said seat in a crash involving the vehicle; a crash sensor that detects when the vehicle has become involved in or is about to become involved in a crash; and a controller that determines that the crash detected by said crash sensor requires deployment of said airbag and controls deployment of said airbag based on the occupant classification determined by said occupant classification system.