| US 7,399,932 B2 | ||
| Seat load measuring apparatus | ||
| Hiroshi Kajiyama, Hikone (Japan); and Toshihiko Kobata, Omihachiman (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Takata Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 23, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/727,129. | ||
| Application 11/727129 is a continuation of application No. 10/644042, filed on Aug. 20, 2003, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-240096 (JP), filed on Aug. 21, 2002; application No. 2002-324758 (JP), filed on Nov. 08, 2002; and application No. 2003-191694 (JP), filed on Jul. 04, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0209451 A1, Sep. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 21/015 (2006.01); G01G 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 177—136 [177/144; 177/154; 73/862.041; 180/273; 280/735] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A seat load measuring apparatus comprising:
a load sensor for detecting a load which is applied to a vehicle seat by an occupant sitting on said vehicle seat;
a base frame, upon which said load sensor is disposed, which is fixed to a seat bracket, having two side walls, connected
to a vehicle floor;
a plurality of front-side and rear-side rail brackets which are disposed near the front and rear ends of said base frame,
respectively; and
a stopper bolt tightly fitted to said base frame, loosely fitted into an elongate hole of said rear-side rail bracket and
loosely fitted in circular holes formed in both side walls of said seat bracket, wherein the base frame and the seat bracket
receive the load applied on said vehicle seat.
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