US 12,071,043 B2
Sensor unit, and seat equipped with sensor unit
Hiroyuki Kaku, Tochigi (JP); Ryuichiro Hirose, Tochigi (JP); Atsushi Kusano, Tochigi (JP); and Munetaka Kowa, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/296,269
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/046696
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/111213, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-223962 (JP), filed on Nov. 29, 2018; application No. 2018-225627 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2018; and application No. 2019-177721 (JP), filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024352 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/002 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6891 (2013.01); A61B 5/6893 (2013.01); B60N 2/0021 (2023.08); B60N 2/0022 (2023.08); B60N 2/0031 (2023.08); B60N 2/0032 (2023.08); B60N 2/0034 (2023.08)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor unit that is attached to a seat in which a seated occupant is seated, the sensor unit comprising:
a biological sensor that detects a biological signal of the seated occupant;
a communication unit that is connected to the biological sensor to transmit the detected biological signal to an outside; and
a sensor holder that holds the biological sensor and the communication unit,
wherein the sensor holder includes a seat attachment portion detachably attached to an attached portion that is provided in the seat at a position at which the seated occupant is abuttable against the attached portion,
the seat attachment portion is provided in both end portions in a longitudinal direction of the sensor holder, and
the seat attachment portion is attached to the attached portion of the seat such that a front surface, an upper surface, a bottom surface, and a rear surface of the attached portion are covered with the seat attachment portion.