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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2002
Takayuki Enomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Morikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Katsutoshi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Matsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Enomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Morikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Katsutoshi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Takeshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Matsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a weight sensor device for detecting a weight of an occupant seated on a seat having a seat frame and a cushion. The device has a sensing wire displaced downward in the seat frame as the cushion is deformed due to the weight of the occupant when the occupant is seated on the seat and a variable resistor for converting a displacement of the sensing wire into an electric signal indicative of the weight of the occupant.