ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,024, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Apparatus and method of producing a sensing substrate" was invented by David Wilson (Clarkston, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occupant or object sensing system in a vehicle includes electrical circuits for capacitive sensing and corresponding circuits shielding the sensing system from interference. A sensing circuit and a shielding circuit may be printed by screen printing with conductive ink on opposite sides of a non-conductive substrate. The substrate is a plastic film or other fabric that has an elastic memory structure t...