Patent ID: 7953522

Claim:
A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion having a seating region and an accommodation recess; a first seating sensor disposed at a central portion of the seating region and constructed to detect a first seating position of an occupant; a second seating sensor disposed at a peripheral portion of the seating region and constructed to detect a second seating position of the occupant; wherein the accommodation recess accommodates the second seating sensor within the seat cushion; and an accidental operation preventing device disposed within the seat cushion; wherein the accidental operation preventing device includes a plurality of depressions that extend from the accommodation recess in a direction of a seating load and are configured such that the depressions oppose the second seating sensor and space the second seating sensor from an upper surface of the seat cushion to prevent the second seating sensor from being accidentally operated when the occupant is not seated on the vehicle seat.