Passenger identification device including bidirectional error moment absorption structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9630583-B2
Application number	US-201414538351-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2014
Priority date	Oct 16, 2014
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a passenger identification device including: a weight sensor assembled to a seat of a vehicle, sensing a weight of a passenger and including a stud unit that protrudes upward; a base bracket positioned on the top of the weight sensor and mediating mounting of the weight sensor; an upper damper and a lower damper contacting the top and the bottom of the base bracket, respectively to absorb an error moment; and an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve positioned on the top of the upper damper and the bottom of the lower damper, respectively and used to fix the position of the damper and protect the damper.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A passenger identification device, comprising:
a weight sensor sensing a weight of a passenger who takes on a seat, the weight sensor including a stud unit that protrudes upward;
a base bracket disposed over the weight sensor and mediating mounting of the weight sensor;
an upper damper and a lower damper contacting a top surface and a bottom surface of the base bracket, respectively, to absorb an error moment; and
an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve positioned on a top surface of the upper damper and a bottom surface of the lower damper, respectively, the upper and lower sleeves fixing and protecting the upper and lower dampers, respectively, the lower sleeve having a lower support unit and a lower sleeve through-hole,
wherein the lower sleeve further has a top surface that is adjacent to a peripheral surface of the lower sleeve through-hole and to an inner peripheral surface of the lower support unit, the top surface of the lower sleeve being a planar surface.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
the base bracket has a through-hole, the upper damper has an upper damper through-hole, the lower damper has a lower damper through-hole, and the upper sleeve has an upper sleeve through-hole,
the stud unit penetrates the through-hole of the base bracket, the upper damper through-hole, the lower damper through-hole, the lower sleeve through-hole, and the upper sleeve through-hole, and a thread is formed in the stud unit penetrating the upper sleeve to be coupled by a nut, and
the through-hole of the base bracket, the upper damper through-hole, the lower damper through-hole, the lower sleeve through-hole, and the upper sleeve through-hole are shaped depending on a cross-sectional shape of the stud unit.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein:
the upper damper further has an upper protrusion, the lower damper further has a lower protrusion, the upper protrusion and the lower protrusion being disposed along the inner peripheral surfaces of the upper damper through-hole and the lower damper through-hole, respectively, and
the upper protrusion and the lower protrusion are inserted into the through-hole of the base bracket.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the upper protrusion and the lower protrusion are positioned to contact each other in the through-hole of the base bracket.

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein:
the stud unit is divided into a first stud unit at a portion penetrating the upper sleeve and a second stud unit below the upper sleeve, and
the first stud unit has a smaller cross-section than the second stud unit.

6. The device of claim 2 , wherein the upper sleeve further has an upper support unit.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the upper support unit and the lower support unit are disposed along outer peripheral surfaces of the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve, respectively.

8. The device of claim 2 , wherein the upper damper and the lower damper are elastic bodies.

9. The device of claim 2 , wherein the upper damper and the lower damper have a quadrangular shape and corners of the dampers are rounded.

10. The device of claim 2 , wherein:
a position guide is formed in the lower sleeve, and
the position guide is coupled with a protrusion guide formed in the weight sensor.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein:
the position guide is formed by a space recessed inside, and
the protrusion guide has a protrusion shape to be inserted into the position guide.

12. The device of claim 2 , wherein a chamfer is formed at an end of one side of the stud unit.

13. The device of claim 5 , wherein the first stud unit has a cylindrical shape and the second stud unit has a polygonal shape.

14. The device of claim 1 , wherein the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve directly contact the stud unit.

15. The device of claim 1 , wherein the upper sleeve has an upper support unit, a upper sleeve through-hole, and a bottom surface, the bottom surface of the upper sleeve being adjacent to a peripheral surface of the upper sleeve through-hole and to an inner peripheral surface of the upper support unit, the bottom surface of the upper sleeve being a planar surface.

16. The device of claim 2 , wherein a peripheral surface of the upper damper through-hole, a peripheral surface of the lower damper through-hole, the peripheral surface of the lower sleeve through-hole, and a peripheral surface of the upper sleeve through-hole are substantially aligned in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the lower sleeve.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Byung Hyuk

Classifications

• G01G19/4142

  for controlling activation of safety devices, e.g. airbag systems (electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements in case of vehicle accidents B60R21/015) · CPC title

• G01G23/06

  Means for damping oscillations, e.g. of weigh beams · CPC title

• F16B39/108

  with a locking washer under the nut or bolt head having at least one tongue or lug folded against the nut or bolt head, or against the object itself (F16B39/103 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R21/01516 Primary

  using force or pressure sensing means · CPC title

• B60N2/0732

  Attachment of seat frame to the slide, e.g. eyelets · CPC title