Patent ID: 9018546
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B60N,B60R,H01H

Abstract:
1. A seating sensor arranged in an inside of a seat to detect seating of a person, comprising: a film-form base table; a sensor portion having three or more switches conducted by a pressing force by the seating of the person and a first conductor connected to the respective switches, the first conductor arranged in a first imaginary rectangular area having a minimum length and a minimum width to cover all of the three or more switches; and a connector portion having a terminal and a second conductor connecting the terminal to the first conductor, wherein the base table includes a first part provided with the sensor portion and a second part provided with the connector portion, and the connector portion does not protrude beyond a second imaginary rectangular area that bounds the sensor portion, the first imaginary rectangular area being disposed within the second imaginary rectangular area, wherein four or more of the switches are provided, the four or more switches are constituted by a first switch group consisting of two or more of the switches and a second switch group consisting of the other two or more of the switches, the first switch group and the second switch group constitute OR circuits respectively, and the first switch group and the second switch group constitute an AND circuit.