IP Library Granted Patent US 5,722,686
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US 5,722,686 · App. 08/442,190

Method and apparatus for sensing an occupant position using capacitance sensing

Inventors: Brian K. Blackburn, Scott B. Gentry, Joseph F. Mazur, Charles E. Steffens, Jr., John E. Bessonen, William M. Jarocha
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Granted: Mar 3, 1998 Filed: May 16, 1995
Inventors
Brian K. Blackburn
Scott B. Gentry
Joseph F. Mazur
Charles E. Steffens, Jr.
John E. Bessonen
William M. Jarocha
Assignee (at issue)
TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS INC.

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Patent No.
US 5,722,686
App. No.
08/442,190
Filed
1995-05-16
Granted
1998-03-03
Kind
A