Patent ID: 7189931
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: B60N,B60R,G01G

Abstract:
1. An occupant load sensor interposed between a floor side seat fixing member and a seat side fixing member and provided for measuring a load of an occupant sitting on a seat, wherein said occupant load sensor comprising: a fixing portion which is attached to one of said floor side seat fixing member and said seat side fixing member; a bolt portion which is inserted to a through hole in the other of said floor side seat fixing member and said seat side fixing member and is attached via a nut; and a sensor which is arranged in a strain surface provided between said fixing portion and said bolt portion, and is provided for detecting a load applied to said bolt portion in an axial direction, and wherein said occupant load sensor is fixed to the other of said floor side seat fixing member and said seat side fixing member via a sleeve arranged in an outer periphery of said bolt portion, and a liner member interposed between said sleeve and the through hole in the other of said floor side seat fixing member and said sear side fixing member; wherein there is a first gap formed between the bolt portion and the sleeve, and a second gap formed between the sleeve and the liner member.