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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2011
Hideyuki Hayakawa, Nishio, JP;
Takashi Inoue, Kariya, JP;
Hideyuki Hayakawa, Nishio, JP;
Takashi Inoue, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A testing apparatus for testing whether an occupant detection sensor normally operates is disclosed. The testing apparatus includes: a ground that is an electrically-conductive structural member of the seat; an electrode plate that is electrically-conductive and is on the seat at a time of testing; multiple capacitors that are electrically connected between the electrode plate and the ground and are different in electrostatic capacity from each other; a switch mechanism that selects and switches one capacitor of the multiple capacitors; and a determination result check portion that determines, while switching the one capacitor by the switch mechanism, whether a signal outputted from the occupant detection sensor is a determination result corresponding to the switched one capacitor.