Inventor
COOPER STEPHEN R W
US39 patents
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TRW INC
23 patentsUS6341252B1Jan 22, 2002
Method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable occupant protection device
TRW INC88 citations97
US6416080B1Jul 9, 2002
Apparatus and method for protecting a vehicle occupant utilizing a correlation between an occupant-associated center and a distance to an occupant-associated surface
TRW INC63 citations96
US6431593B1Aug 13, 2002
Vehicle crash determination arrangement and method, utilizing center of gravity, for an occupant protection system
TRW INC58 citations94
US6494284B1Dec 17, 2002
Seat arrangement for a vehicle having an actuatable occupant protection device
TRW INC22 citations93
US6448512B1Sep 10, 2002
Weight sensing apparatus
TRW INC39 citations93
US6810133B2Oct 26, 2004
Occupant sensing system and method via imaging
TRW INC21 citations92
US6781676B2Aug 24, 2004
Structured lighting detection of vehicle occupant type and position
TRW INC28 citations92
US6199902B1Mar 13, 2001
Apparatus and method for discerning at least one occupant characteristic via absorption of an energy signal
TRW INC45 citations91
US5991234ANov 23, 1999
Ultrasonic sensor system and method having automatic excitation frequency adjustment
TRW INC66 citations91
US6563761B1May 13, 2003
Apparatus and method of vehicle occupant sensing using multiple ultrasonic frequencies
TRW INC33 citations89
US6338028B1Jan 8, 2002
Ultrasonic sensor system and method having input capture for echo processing
TRW INC22 citations89
US6631096B2Oct 7, 2003
Method and apparatus for detecting intrusion and non-intrusion events
TRW INC20 citations88
US7016537B2Mar 21, 2006
Vehicle occupant sensor apparatus and method including scanned, phased beam transmission for occupant characteristic determination
TRW INC11 citations84
US6507016B1Jan 14, 2003
Apparatus and method for sensing a vehicle rollover condition
TRW INC17 citations84
US6947575B2Sep 20, 2005
Apparatus and method for determining vehicle occupant characteristic utilizing imaging with provided light
TRW INC16 citations83
US6914526B2Jul 5, 2005
Intrusion detection system using linear imaging
TRW INC13 citations83
US6276212B1Aug 21, 2001
Ultrasonic transducer
TRW INC18 citations83
US6094402AJul 25, 2000
Ultrasonic transducer
TRW INC16 citations83
US6810313B2Oct 26, 2004
Combined occupant characteristic and acoustic crash sensor arrangement
TRW INC14 citations77
US6495820B1Dec 17, 2002
Sensor apparatus and method for sensing angular rotation of an object using light reflected off a rotor and bifurcation compensation
TRW INC9 citations74
US6578869B2Jun 17, 2003
Vehicle occupant position sensor utilizing image focus attributes
TRW INC9 citations73
US6550806B1Apr 22, 2003
Apparatus and method for determining distance utilizing a continuously variable rate sensor for vehicle occupant position sensing
TRW INC1 citations52
US6459655B1Oct 1, 2002
Apparatus and method using controlled emission for sensing an occupant located beyond a predetermined distance
TRW INC1 citations51
NARTRON CORP
13 patentsUS6064165AMay 16, 2000
Power window or panel controller
NARTRON CORP190 citations99
US5796183AAug 18, 1998
Capacitive responsive electronic switching circuit
NARTRON CORP261 citations97
US5442435AAug 15, 1995
Fluid composition sensor using reflected or refracted light monitoring
NARTRON CORP56 citations95
US5210490AMay 11, 1993
Linear position sensor having coaxial or parallel primary and secondary windings
NARTRON CORP70 citations95
US5036275AJul 30, 1991
Inductive coupling position sensor method and apparatus having primary and secondary windings parallel to each other
NARTRON CORP63 citations95
US5619133AApr 8, 1997
Single coil position and movement sensor having enhanced dynamic range
NARTRON CORP35 citations93
US7449852B2Nov 11, 2008
Powered panel moving system
NARTRON CORP38 citations92
US5729456AMar 17, 1998
Glow plug controller
NARTRON CORP35 citations92
US5504427AApr 2, 1996
Rotational position sensor having variable coupling transformer
NARTRON CORP31 citations92
US5150615ASep 29, 1992
Liquid level sensor
NARTRON CORP33 citations92
US5397948AMar 14, 1995
Magnetic motor with temperature related activation
NARTRON CORP52 citations91
US5369375ANov 29, 1994
Sinewave generating circuit and amplitude demodulator
NARTRON CORP7 citations73
US5367256ANov 22, 1994
Multi-turn position sensor having variable coupling transformer
NARTRON CORP7 citations73