US Patent Issued to FAURECIA Sieges d'Automobile on April 22 for "Mat for detecting the occupancy of a motor vehicle seat, system for determining capacitance, method for determining a capacitance or a state of occupancy of a seat, method for detecting a rotation of a part of the trunk of an occupant seated on a seat" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,694, issued on April 22, was assigned to FAURECIA Sieges d'Automobile (Nanterre, France).

"Mat for detecting the occupancy of a motor vehicle seat, system for determining capacitance, method for determining a capacitance or a state of occupancy of a seat, method for detecting a rotation of a part of the trunk of an occupant seated on a seat" was invented by Mamadou Balde (Morigny-Champigny, France) and Abdou Latif Djiram (Chilly-Maz, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a mat for detecting the occupancy of a motor vehicle seat, comprising a flexible support, an interdigitated capacitive sensor borne ...