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US 2013/0199309 A1Published application
Passenger's weight measurement device for vehicle seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorsShigeru ENDO, Kenji SATO
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a load sensor for measuring a load applied from an occupant and a seat cushion frame, wherein the seat cushion frame comprises right and left side frames extending in a front-and-rear direction, the load sensor is attached to the seat cushion frame, and a concave portion is formed in at least one of the right and left side frames at a position opposite to the load sensor.
Claims1
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a first load sensor and a second load sensor which measure a load applied from an occupant;
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- a first sensor attaching member and a second sensor attaching member to attach the first load sensor and the second load sensor, respectively, to the vehicle seat, the first sensor attaching member and the second sensor attaching member being disposed below a seating surface of the occupant, wherein
- the first load sensor and the second load sensor are located at different locations along a front-back direction,
- the first sensor attaching member comprises a first wall portion, a second wall portion and a third wall portion,
- the first wall portion has a first insertion hole through which a rod portion which projects from a main body of the first load sensor protrudes,
- the second wall portion and the third wall portion which extend from the first wall portion face each other,
- the main body of the first load sensor is located between the second wall portion and the third wall portion,
- the second sensor attaching member comprises a fourth wall portion, a fifth wall portion and a sixth wall portion,
- the fourth wall portion has a second insertion hole through which a rod portion which projects from a main body of the second load sensor protrudes,
- the fifth wall portion and the sixth wall portion which extend from the fourth wall portion face each other,
- the main body of the second load sensor is located between the fifth wall portion and the sixth wall portion,
- the first wall portion and the fourth wall portion are monolithically, integrally connected by a first extension wall that extends in the front-back direction, and
- at least one of the second wall portion and the third wall portion and at least one of the fifth wall portion and the sixth wall portion are monolithically, integrally connected by a second extension wall that extends in the front-back direction.
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