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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Hamada, Toyota, JP;
Osamu Fukawatase, Aichi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/16 ;
Abstract
A beam is mounted to a mounting flange. A seat pan is mounted to opposite end portions of the beam. Provided near a middle portion of the beam is a sensor unit for detecting flexure of the middle portion of the beam. The sensor unit has a sensor beam whose length is sufficiently less than the distance between fulcrums of the beam, and a transmission member that transmits the flexure of the beam occurring at a middle point thereof to the sensor beam. The sensor beam is provided with a strain sensor.