Patent ID: 6084183
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
A mounting structure for mounting a sensing element for measuring a load of a vehicle into a trunnion shaft for supporting a suspension of the vehicle, the sensing element generating an electric signal corresponding to a load applied to the vehicle by a sensor main body of the sensing element and outputting the generated electric signal externally through a lead wire, and the trunnion shaft being disposed in a portion of the vehicle nearer to a side portion of the vehicle than to a center portion of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction, the mounting structure comprising:an element storage hole formed in the trunnion shaft extending along the vehicle width direction from an end portion of the trunnion shaft situated on a lateral side of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction;a through hole formed in the trunnion shaft and extending from an end portion of the trunnion shaft situated on the center side of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction to the element storage hole for permitting the lead wire of the sensing element to pass therethrough; anda case member for storing the sensor main body in an interior portion of the case member, wherein the element storage hole is formed to have a dimension which permits the case member to be pressed into and fixed to an interior portion of the element storage hole so that the case member containing the sensor main body is stored in the element storage hole, and the lead wire extends through the through hole from the element storage hole and externally projects from the trunnion shaft on the vehicle center side end portion of the trunnion shaft in the vehicle width direction.