Patent ID: 7708341

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion having a cushion pad deformable to be flexed when a seating load of an occupant is applied; and a seating sensor disposed within the seat cushion and constructed to detect a seating position of the occupant; wherein the seating sensor is configured as a push-in switch and can detect the seating position of the occupant when the seating sensor is pressed by the cushion pad; and a fragile region interleaved between the seating sensor and the cushion pad at a pressure receiving region where a pressing force is applied to the seating sensor, wherein the fragile region has a rigidity lower than the cushion pad, wherein the seating sensor comprises a first electrode sheet positioned on a side of the cushion pad and a second electrode sheet positioned on a side opposite to the first electrode sheet, the first and second electrode sheets defining a space therebetween; and wherein the space is positioned on a side opposite to the fragile region with respect to the first electrode sheet.