Vehicle compartment occupancy detection system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6768420
APP PUB NO 20020080014A1
SERIAL NO

09992119

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A vehicle compartment occupancy detection system is operable to detect a presence of a person or animal within a vehicle compartment, such as a vehicle cabin or trunk space, by detecting a change in an electric field within the compartment. The detection system includes an electric field generator and an electric field sensor which is operable to detect changes in the electric field generated within the compartment. The detection system may further be operable to activate an accessory in response to one or more inputs and the electric field sensor. The detection system may be operable in response to one or more inputs which are indicative of a hazardous condition within the vehicle compartment. The detection system may then be operable to take corrective action to at least partially alleviate the hazardous condition and/or to communicate to a person exteriorly of the vehicle that the hazardous condition exists.

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DONNELLY CORPORATION414 EAST FORTIETH STREET HOLLAND MI 49423

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Burgner, Lori L Fenton, MI 3 1085
Hourtienne, Mitchell J Clio, MI 1 236
Lynam, Niall R Holland, MI 660 102635
McCarthy, Kevin C Tucson, AZ 40 6086
Schofield, Kenneth Holland, MI 307 71117
Taylor, David W Fenton, MI 57 4603
Uhlmann, Eugenie V Tucson, AZ 27 3621

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