Passenger's weight measurement device for vehicle seat
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1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a load sensor configured to measure a load applied from an occupant, the load sensor having a main body and a rod extending from the main body in a direction substantially parallel to an up-down axis of the vehicle seat; and
a seat cushion frame comprising a right side frame and a left side frame, whereinthe load sensor is provided at a front part of one of the right and left side frames,a front end section of the one side frame more frontward than a shaft center of the rod of the load sensor includes a tapered-shape section, andan upper flange and a lower flange are formed at an upper edge and a lower edge of the tapered-shape section, respectively, the upper flange and the lower flange extending inward toward a center of the vehicle seat.
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a load sensor that is configured to measure a load applied from an occupant and a seat cushion frame that includes a right side frame and a left side frame. The load sensor is provided at a front part of one of the right and left side frames. A front end section of the one side frame more frontward than a shaft center of the rod of the load sensor includes a tapered-shape section. And an upper flange and a lower flange are formed at an upper edge and a lower edge of the tapered-shape section, respectively, the upper flange and the lower flange extending inward toward a center of the vehicle seat.
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26 Claims
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1. A vehicle seat, comprising:
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a load sensor configured to measure a load applied from an occupant, the load sensor having a main body and a rod extending from the main body in a direction substantially parallel to an up-down axis of the vehicle seat; and a seat cushion frame comprising a right side frame and a left side frame, wherein the load sensor is provided at a front part of one of the right and left side frames, a front end section of the one side frame more frontward than a shaft center of the rod of the load sensor includes a tapered-shape section, and an upper flange and a lower flange are formed at an upper edge and a lower edge of the tapered-shape section, respectively, the upper flange and the lower flange extending inward toward a center of the vehicle seat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 18, 24, 26)
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5. A vehicle seat, comprising:
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a load sensor configured to measure a load applied from an occupant, the load sensor having a main body and a rod extending from the main body in a direction substantially parallel to an up-down axis of the vehicle seat; and a seat cushion frame comprising a right side frame and a left side frame, wherein the load sensor is provided at a front part of one of the right and left side frames, a front end section of the one side frame more frontward than a shaft center of the rod of the load sensor includes a tapered-shape section, a lower flange is formed at a lower edge of the tapered-shape section, and the lower flange includes an inclination that is sloped upward as approaching a front edge of the tapered-shape section. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A vehicle seat, comprising:
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a load sensor configured to measure a load applied from an occupant, the load sensor having a main body and a rod extending from the main body; and a seat cushion frame comprising a right side frame and a left side frame, wherein the load sensor is provided at one of the right and left side frames via a load sensor attachment bracket that is attached to the one side frame, the load sensor attachment bracket overlapping the load sensor in a direction parallel to an up-down axis of the vehicle seat, an up-down width of the one side frame behind a shaft center of the rod of the load sensor is greater than an up-down width of a front edge of the one side frame, a front end section of the one side frame more frontward than the shaft center of the rod of the load sensor includes a tapered-shape section, and an upper flange and a lower flange are formed at an upper edge and a lower edge of the tapered-shape section, respectively, the upper flange and the lower flange extending inward toward a center of the vehicle seat. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 13, 19, 25)
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11. A vehicle seat, comprising:
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a load sensor configured to measure a load applied from an occupant, the load sensor having a main body and a rod extending from the main body; and a seat cushion frame comprising a right side frame and a left side frame, wherein the load sensor is provided at one of the right and left side frames via a load sensor attachment bracket that is attached to the one side frame, the load sensor attachment bracket overlapping the load sensor in a direction parallel to an up-down axis of the vehicle seat, an up-down width of the one side frame behind a shaft center of the rod of the load sensor is greater than an up-down width of a front edge of the one side frame, a front end section of the one side frame more frontward than the shaft center of the rod of the load sensor includes a tapered-shape section, a lower flange is formed at a lower edge of the tapered-shape section, and the lower flange includes an inclination that is sloped upward as approaching a front edge of the tapered-shape section. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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14. A vehicle seat, comprising:
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a load sensor configured to measure a load applied from an occupant, the load sensor having a main body and a rod extending from the main body; and a seat cushion frame comprising a right side frame and a left side frame, wherein the load sensor is provided at one of the right and left side frames via a load sensor attachment bracket that is attached to the one side frame, the load sensor attachment bracket overlapping the load sensor in a direction parallel to an up-down axis of the vehicle seat, an up-down width of the one side frame behind a shaft center of the rod of the load sensor is greater than an up-down width of a front edge of the one side frame, a front end section of the one side frame more frontward than the shaft center of the rod of the load sensor includes a tapered-shape section, a lower flange is formed at a lower end section of the tapered-shape section, and the lower flange includes an inclination that is sloped upward as approaching a front edge of the tapered-shape section. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 20)
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21. A method of assembling a vehicle seat that comprises a seat cushion frame comprising a right side frame and a left side frame, the method comprising:
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attaching a load sensor attachment bracket to one of the right and left side frames; attaching, to the one side frame via the load sensor attachment bracket, a load sensor that (a) is configured to measure a load applied from an occupant of the vehicle seat, (b) has a main body, and (c) has a rod extending from the main body so that an up-down dimension of the one side frame behind a shaft center of the rod of the load sensor is greater than an up-down dimension of a front edge of the one side frame, wherein the load sensor is attached so that the load sensor attachment bracket overlaps the load sensor in a direction parallel to an up-down axis of the vehicle seat. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method of assembling a vehicle seat that comprises a seat cushion frame comprising a right side frame and a left side frame, the method comprising:
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attaching a load sensor attachment bracket to one of the right and left side frames; attaching, to the one side frame via the load sensor attachment bracket, a load sensor that (a) is configured to measure a load applied from an occupant, (b) has a main body, and (c) has a rod extending from the main body so that (1) an up-down dimension of the one side frame behind a shaft center of the rod of the load sensor is greater than an up-down dimension of a front edge of the one side frame and (2) a front end section of the one side frame includes a tapered-shape section that is more frontward than the shaft center of the rod of the load sensor, wherein the load sensor is attached so that the load sensor attachment bracket overlaps the load sensor in a direction parallel to an up-down axis of the vehicle seat, and wherein a lower end section of the tapered-shape section has a lower flange that includes an inclination that is sloped upward as approaching a front edge of the tapered-shape section.
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