Patent ID: 8215189

Claim:
A seat apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a seat-side fixing member adapted to fix a seat for the vehicle; a slide rail adapted to be arranged so as to be slidable relative to a floor of the vehicle in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a load detecting device disposed between the seat-side fixing member and the slide rail and arranged at an end portion of the slide rail on a rear side of the vehicle, the load detecting device detecting a load of an occupant seated on the seat for the vehicle; and a bracket arranged at an end portion of the slide rail on a front side of the vehicle, the bracket supporting the seat-side fixing member relative to the slide rail, wherein the bracket includes: a lower attachment portion attached to an upper surface of the slide rail, a supporting portion extending from the lower attachment portion toward an upper side of the vehicle, an upper attachment portion connected to the supporting portion so as to extend from the supporting portion toward the rear side of the vehicle, thereby being cantilever-supported by the supporting portion, and attached to the seat-side fixing member at a free-end side of the upper attachment portion, a first member having the lower attachment portion, a second member having the upper attachment portion, and a stopper portion arranged at one of the first and second members, and engaging the other of the first and second members when a load separating the first member and second member relative to each other is applied.