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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2010
Shoichi Yamanaka, Anjo, JP;
Hideyuki Hayakawa, Nishio, JP;
Hiroyuki Ito, Chita, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A capacitive occupant sensor includes a sensor mat having U-parts arranged in a first direction and, a second direction perpendicular to each other. The U-parts located adjacent to each other are connected in the second direction so as to define S-parts, in a manner that openings of the U-parts alternately open toward a first side of the first direction or a second side of the first direction. The S-parts located adjacent to each other are combined in the first direction, in a manner that the opening open toward the first side and the opening open toward the second side oppose to each other in the first direction. The mat has a meandering structure defined by the S-parts.