Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Force sensor
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Application No.: US15764762Application Date: 2018-01-09
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Publication No.: US10571346B2Publication Date: 2020-02-25
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Okada , Miho Okada , Satoshi Era
- 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 and Parry LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/000216 WO 20180109
- International Announcement: WO2019/138448 WO 20190718
- Main IPC: G01L1/14
- IPC: G01L1/14 ; G01L3/10 ; G01L5/165 ; G01L5/12

Abstract:
A force sensor includes: a deformable body having a force receiving portion and a fixed portion; a displacement body configured to generate a displacement by elastic deformation generated in the deformable body; and a detection circuit configured to detect an applied force on the basis of the displacement generated in the displacement body, in which the deformable body includes: a tilting portion arranged between the force receiving portion and the fixed portion; a first deformable portion that connects the force receiving portion and the tilting portion; and a second deformable portion that connects the fixed portion and the tilting portion, the displacement body includes a displacement portion connected to the tilting portion and separated from the fixed portion, the detection circuit includes a first displacement sensor and a second displacement sensor arranged in the displacement portion, and the detection circuit outputs a first electric signal indicating an applied force on the basis of a detection value of the first displacement sensor, and outputs a second electric signal indicating an applied force on the basis of a detection value of the second displacement sensor, and then determines whether force detection is performed normally on the basis of the first electric signal and the second electric signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190212215A1 FORCE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2019-07-11
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