SENSOR PAD FOR CONTROLLING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT

摘要

A sensor pad for controlling the deployment of an automobile airbag. Weight sensing (10) is used in the seat (54) of an automobile, (not illustrated), to detect the presence of an occupant on the seat. Weight sensing pad (10) is used in conjunction with the vehicle's airbag control module in order to allow deployment of the airbag, in the event of a collision, only if the seat is occupied by a person of a preselected weight. Weight sensing pad (10) is defined by a bladder member (15) having an interior volume subdivided into a plurality of individual cells (42) in fluid communication with each other and that is filled with a non-compressible fluid (18) such as silicon or a silica gel of medium viscosity.