Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Force sensor
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Application No.: US15759423Application Date: 2016-08-29
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Publication No.: US10564059B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Okada , Miho Okada
- Applicant: TRI-FORCE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Saitama-Ken
- Assignee: TRI-FORCE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TRI-FORCE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Saitama-Ken
- Agency: Ladas & Parry LLP
- Priority: WOPCT/JP2016/073487 20160809
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/075236 WO 20160829
- International Announcement: WO2018/029866 WO 20180215
- Main IPC: G01L5/16
- IPC: G01L5/16 ; G01L1/14 ; G01L1/22 ; G01L25/00 ; G01L5/166 ; G01L5/161 ; G01L5/165 ; G01L5/162

Abstract:
A force sensor according to the present invention is configured to detect at least one component among components of a force in each axis direction in an XYZ three-dimensional coordinate system and a moment around each axis, and includes: a support body arranged on an XY plane; a deformation body joined to the support body; and a detection circuit that outputs an electric signal indicating a force applied on the deformation body. The deformation body includes a first deformation portion having a first spring constant and a second deformation portion having a second spring constant different from the first spring constant, and the detection circuit outputs, in response to an applied force, a first electric signal corresponding to the deformation of the first deformation portion and a second electric signal corresponding to the deformation of the second deformation portion and determines whether the force sensor functions normally based on a change of a ratio between the first electric signal and the second electric signal, both corresponding to the applied force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190113407A1 FORCE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2019-04-18
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