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To Determine Tension On A Flexible Element

To Determine Tension On A Flexible Element patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

10/25/07 - 20070245835 - Portable power meter for calculating power applied to a pedal and crank arm based drive mechanism and a method of calculating the power
A power meter for power a pedal and crank arm based drive mechanism measures and displays athletic performance information as a measure of a physical quantity, power, using a flexible force sensor inserted into a cycling shoe. Mathematical cycling models and data from the flexible force sensor are used to ...

10/18/07 - 20070240525 - Seat belt tension sensor
A seat belt tension sensor for use with a seat belt assembly. The sensor includes a housing that has a slot and a plate coupled with the housing. The plate has another slot and a cutout. The slots are connected with a seat belt. A sensor is retained by the ...

09/20/07 - 20070214898 - Seat belt tension sensor having shock isolation
A seat belt tension sensor is attached to a seat belt assembly in a vehicle. The seat belt tensor sensor is secured to the vehicle by a bolt. The sensor includes a housing that is secured by the bolt. An anchor plate is mounted to the housing. The anchor plate ...

06/28/07 - 20070144273 - Device for the classification of seat occupancy
A seat occupancy sensor (12) comprises a sensing layer (14) associated to a seating surface of a seat, which has at least one electrical property varying locally in response to a pressure and/or deformation applied to said sensing layer (14). The device further comprises a plurality of electrodes (18) associated ...

06/14/07 - 20070131036 - Method for determining a web tension
A method of determining a web tension of at least one second web tension section in a product web having at least two web tension sections includes determining a web tension on at least one first web tension section, and determining a web tension of the at least one second ...

01/11/07 - 20070006667 - Fishing line tension measuring and indicating system
An attachment for a fishing rod to respond to tension on the fishing line. In one mode it responds to a lateral pull on the rod tip. In another mode it responds to an axial pull on the line. It enables accurate adjustment of the drag, and can indicate when ...

11/09/06 - 20060248965 - Systems and methods of power output measurement
The present invention pertains to systems and methods of individual power output measurement. One embodiment relates to a pressure sensing device configured to be mounted on the bottom surface of a shoe. The device includes a sensor, a wireless communication system, a housing, and a mounting system. A second embodiment ...

11/02/06 - 20060243070 - Latching inertial reel
A latching inertial reel temporarily holds an inertial reel in a locked position during a lateral acceleration and resetably holds the reel in a latched position as a result of a vertical acceleration. The reel is latched when a latching sensor experiences a vertical acceleration above a threshold. A latch ...

10/26/06 - 20060236785 - Magnetostrictive vehicle weight sensor
A vehicle seat weight sensing system includes a plurality of sensors mounted below a seating surface of a vehicle seat. Each sensor includes a tubular inner wall about which are coiled an activation coil and a detection coil. All of the weight of the seating surface is borne by the ...

10/05/06 - 20060219029 - Optical set belt tension sensor
A belt tension sensor includes an armature that is displaced in relation to belt tension and an optical sensing mechanism that detects armature displacement as a measure of belt tension. In a first mechanization, a lens element is mounted on the armature for movement therewith, and light emitted by a ...

08/24/06 - 20060185447 - Adjustable motor vehicle seat having mounting plates for occupant classification system (ocs)
A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat, seat mounting brackets for securing the seat to a vehicle structure, and a pair of laterally spaced apart track assemblies secured to the mounting brackets to selectively move the seat in a horizontal direction. A plurality of weight sensing devices are connected to ...

08/24/06 - 20060185446 - Printed strain gage for vehicle seats
An apparatus for a printed strain gauge affixed to a structural member of a seat for detecting and measuring the weight and position of an occupant or object on the seat. In various embodiments, a strain gauge is printed directly on a member of the seat that is subject to ...

07/06/06 - 20060144167 - Seat belt tension sensor
A seat belt tension sensor for measuring the amount of tension in a vehicle seat belt. The seat belt tension sensor has a housing and an anchor plate. A lever is mounted in the housing. The lever holds a magnet. A sensor is mounted to the housing. The sensor generates ...

05/25/06 - 20060107766 - Vehicle seat assembly with operator presence switch
The present invention is directed to a vehicle seat assembly comprising a seat support pan, a seat cushion, a spring biased lever and an operator present switch. Both the lever and the switch are located between the cushion and the pan, effectively integrated within the seat. The lever is movable ...

04/20/06 - 20060081071 - Damage detection device
A device for use in detecting structural damage comprises at least one piezoelectric wafer including a sensor, and an actuator in-plane with the sensor. At least one of the sensor and the actuator at least partially surrounds the other of the sensor and the actuator such that the piezoelectric wafer ...

04/13/06 - 20060075832 - Seat belt tension sensor having shock isolation
A seat belt tension sensor assembly is adapted to be secured to the seat belt assembly of a vehicle. The assembly includes a housing for a seat belt anchor adapted for movement relative to the housing into an overload position where a portion of the anchor is abutted against a ...

01/05/06 - 20060000295 - Apparatus for measuring glove fingertip integrity and method of using the same
The invention relates to an apparatus for measuring integrity of a fingertip of a polymeric glove. The apparatus contains a sample mount for holding the fingertip sample, a pressure supply and a pressure measuring device. The apparatus may be portable. The invention also relates to a method of measuring the ...

12/15/05 - 20050274203 - Seat belt tension sensor having an integral connector
A seat belt tension sensor for measuring the amount of tension in a vehicle seat belt. The seat belt tension sensor has a housing and an anchor plate that is mounted in the housing. The housing moves relative to the anchor plate. A magnet is affixed to the anchor plate. ...

08/25/05 - 20050183517 - Strain gauge retaining assembly for vehicle seat
A strain gauge retaining assembly is used for occupant weight sensing in a vehicle seat and includes a bracket having an aperture extending therethrough. A strain gauge has a body portion and a mounting portion extending from the body portion, with the mounting portion extending through the aperture. A spring ...



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