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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Eiichi Nishio, Nagoya, JP;
Akinori Jitsui, Okazaki, JP;
Hajime Nakagawa, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L001/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seat occupant sensor for use in automotive occupant restraint systems. The sensor has a sensing plate cantilevered by a stationary part installed on a vehicle body to be bent upon application of a weight load of an occupant on a seat. The sensor is equipped with a stopper mechanism which works to stop the sensing plate from bending out of a predetermined range in which the sensing plate is allowed to undergo a maximum bending stress within a bending stress limit of the sensing plate, thereby avoiding undesirable deflection or fracture of the sensing plate.