Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Torque sensor
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Application No.: US15745979Application Date: 2016-07-21
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Publication No.: US10209151B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Okada , Satoshi Era , Nobuhiro Nagamoto , Takahito Kamiudo , Kazuto Akiba
- Applicant: TRI-FORCE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION , DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Saitama JP Kyoto
- Assignee: TRI-FORCE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION,DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TRI-FORCE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION,DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Saitama JP Kyoto
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Priority: JP2015-149611 20150729
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/071432 WO 20160721
- International Announcement: WO2017/018319 WO 20170202
- Main IPC: G01L3/10
- IPC: G01L3/10 ; G01L3/14 ; G01L1/22 ; G01L1/14 ; G01L5/16

Abstract:
An inner support member, a detection deformable body, and a ring-shaped outer support member are disposed sequentially from the inside to the outside around a Z axis as a central axis. Inner surfaces in the vicinity of inner support points of the detection deformable body connect to outer surfaces of the inner support member via inner connecting members, and outer surfaces in the vicinity of outer support points of the detection deformable body connect to inner surfaces of the outer support member via outer connecting members. When a torque acts in the clockwise direction on the outer support member (130) while the inner support member is fixed, detection parts are displaced outwardly, and detection parts are displaced inwardly. These displacements are detected electrically as changes in capacitance values of four capacitor elements including opposing electrodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180209860A1 TORQUE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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