KINOTEX® can reduce the risk of inappropriate air bag deployment.

Integrated into the seat cushioning material, a KINOTEX® array can sense an occupant’s presence and weight.

An automotive seat instrumented with KINOTEX® sensors can resolve contact pattern and force information. Such information can be analyzed to classify an occupant for advanced air bag deployment decisions, increasing the effectiveness of an automotive occupant safety restraint system.

Key Features:

• Classify occupant according to weight
• Recognize normally seated occupant, child seat, etc
• Sense empty seat
• Non-electrical, non-corrosive sensor, no EMI susceptibility
• integration into the seat cushioning foam, for low cost assembly

Seat Sensor Array

Deflected Contour Display