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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Satohiko Nakano, Chiryu, JP;
Muneto Inayoshi, Nagoya, JP;
Mutsuro Aoyama, Nagoya, JP;
Hideki Kawabata, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kenichiro Akizuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Minoru Izawa, Okazaki, JP;
Satohiko Nakano, Chiryu, JP;
Muneto Inayoshi, Nagoya, JP;
Mutsuro Aoyama, Nagoya, JP;
Hideki Kawabata, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kenichiro Akizuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Minoru Izawa, Okazaki, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Toyota Jidoshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A seat apparatus for a vehicle has a load detecting device arranged between a floor-side fixing member adapted to be fixed to a floor of the vehicle and a seat-side fixing member adapted to be fixed to a seat for the vehicle and for measuring a load of an occupant seated on the seat. The load detecting device includes: a strain member; a connecting member vertically fixed to an intermediate portion of the strain member; strain gauges attached to a surface of the strain member; an upper bracket having a first and second fixed portions both fixed to the other surface of the strain member. The upper bracket further has an attachment portion connecting the first and second fixed portions and extending in a lateral direction of the seat; and an amplifier unit attached to a surface of the attachment portion of the upper bracket corresponding to the strain member so as to be coplanar with the strain member.