Patent ID: 6903280

Claim:
A vehicle seat for supporting a weight and to be supported on a vehicle floor, the vehicle seat comprising a height adjusting mechanism having a pivot point, the vehicle seat further comprising a sitting area for supporting the weight, a seat frame for supporting the sitting area, a supporting frame for supporting the seat frame at a predetermined distance from the vehicle floor and connecting the vehicle seat to the vehicle floor, a height-adjusting device for varying the distance of the seat frame from the vehicle floor, the height adjusting device comprising at least three load cells being spaced apart, non-linearly disposed, and disposed to respond to the weight supported on the sitting area and supply a weighing signal corresponding to the weight, the weighing signal resulting from a distance measurement, the load cells each comprising a one-piece force transducer with an elastically deformable part and a non-deforming part, the non-deforming part being fixed to one of the supporting frame and the pivot point for the height-adjusting mechanism, the elastically deformable part being secured to the other of the seat frame and a pivot point of the height-adjusting mechanism.