Seat with seating sensor and pad for seat

Abstract

A seat with a seating sensor is provided, in which no foreign body sensation is felt at all even when a sensor for detecting seating is provided, and the seat with the seating sensor is easily manufactured. A supporting member 2 is integrally provided with a bottom face of the pad 1. A sheet-like seating sensor 4 and a plate 5 serving as a rigid plate-like member 5 for covering the seating sensor 4 are disposed between the bottom face of the pad 1 and the supporting member 2. The seat with the seating sensor is molded by means of disposing the supporting member 2, the seating sensor 4, and the plate 5 in a stacked state, shown in the drawings, in a metallic mold for molding the pad 1, feeding raw liquid of urethane into the metallic mold, and foaming.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This is a continuation application of PCT / JP2004 / 007473 filed on May 31, 2005.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a seat with a sheet-like seating sensor for detecting seating of a human body, and more particularly relates to a seat with a seating sensor preferably applied to a seat of a motor vehicle. Further, the present invention relates to a pad for use in the seat with the seating sensor. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] A seating sensor is sometimes provided at an upper face of a seat for detecting whether an occupant is seated in the seat. In such a seat with a seating sensor provided with a seating sensor at an upper face, a slab of about 5 mm in thickness is adhered in a manner so as to cover the seating sensor, or a frame laminating process of about 5 mm in thickness is performed as a countermeasure against a foreign body sensation, caused by the presence of a seating sensor when the occupant is sea...

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Benefits of technology

[0007] An object of the present invention is to provide a seat with a seating sensor capable of solving various kinds of problems in the conventional technology and that is easy to manufacture, and capable of eliminating a foreign body sensation of the sensor at a time of seating, and a pad for the seat.

Problems solved by technology

There has been disadvantages such as that, too many man-hours for adhering are required, or a cost of laminating is increased in the above-described conventional technology in which a seating sensor is adhered at an upper face of the pad, a slab is adhered in a manner so as to cover the seating sensor, or the frame laminating process is performed.

In addition, it is also required to insert and fix the seating sensor into the slit, or to fix the insertion member to a main body side of the pad after inserting the insertion member into the hole, both of which result in the increase of the manufacturing man-hours.

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