IP Library Granted Patent US 6,882,162
Granted Patent B2
US 6,882,162 · App. 10/333,899 · Granted Apr 19, 2005

System for the wireless transmission of information and/or energy between a removable vehicle seat and the vehicle body

Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 6,882,162
App. No.
10/333,899
Granted
Apr 19, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for the wireless transmission of information and energy between a removable vehicle seat and the vehicle body, in which the vehicle seat is detected by measuring the inductance. In this connection, the period of an oscillating circuit is determined, in which the winding of the primary side, and thus the inductance, is connected. In this context, the frequency of the resonance voltage is determined as a function of time. In this context, the zero crossings of the resonance voltage is measured. Alternatively, the secondary side impedance is additionally measured on the primary side by a forced oscillation, namely by a voltage decay in a resonance circuit in which the winding is connected as inductance. A monitoring of the performance reliability of a firing pellet is thereby implemented.

Claims (13)

1. A system for wireless transmission of at least one of information and energy between a removable vehicle seat and a vehicle body, comprising:

an inductive transformer including a primary side in the vehicle body and a secondary side in the removable vehicle seat, the inductive transformer configured to transmit information and energy;

an arrangement on the primary side configured to measure an inductance of the inductive transformer to detect the removable vehicle seat; and

a second arrangement on the primary side that is configured to determine an impedance on the secondary side.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second arrangement measures an impedance of a firing circuit and includes a generator, a resistor and a capacitor, the resistor and the capacitor being connected in series with a winding of the primary side; and a second voltage across one of the resistor and the capacitor is used as a measure for the impedance of the firing circuit.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:

a comparator that compares the second voltage with a reference voltage.

4. A system for wireless transmission of at least one of information and energy between a removable vehicle seat and a vehicle body, comprising:

an inductive transformer including a primary side in the vehicle body and a secondary side in the removable vehicle seat, the inductive transformer configured to transmit information and energy; and

an arrangement on the primary side configured to measure an inductance of the inductive transformer to detect the removable vehicle seat, wherein the arrangement, at a winding on the primary side, includes a switch that is periodically closed so as to connect a loaded capacitor in series with the winding, a first voltage being measured across the loaded capacitor in response to closing the switch as a function of time in order to determine therefrom an inductance of the winding.

5. The system of claim 4 , further comprising:

a second arrangement configured to count zero crossings of the first voltage in order to ascertain a period of the first voltage, and the inductance of the winding therefrom, the inductance being compared to a threshold value to detect the removable vehicle seat.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the second arrangement includes at least one comparator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2004
From: SCHIRMER, JUERGEN; KAZMIERCZAK, HARALD
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 015493/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2004
From: SCHIRMER, JUERGEN; KAZMIERCZAK, HARALD
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 015493/0767 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 101 26 191 · May 30, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040008036A1 · Jan 15, 2004