Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Force sensor and robot having force sensor
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Application No.: US14640022Application Date: 2015-03-06
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Publication No.: US09671298B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Renshi Sawada , Toshihiro Takeshita , Takuma Iwasaki , Yuji Arinaga
- Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI , KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kitakyushu-Shi JP Fukuoka-Shi
- Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI,KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI,KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kitakyushu-Shi JP Fukuoka-Shi
- Agency: Mori & Ward, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-208969 20120921
- Main IPC: G01L1/24
- IPC: G01L1/24 ; A61B5/00 ; B25J9/16 ; G01B11/16 ; G01L5/00 ; G01L5/16 ; G01L5/22 ; G01L1/04

Abstract:
A force sensor according to embodiments includes a light-emitting unit, a pair of first light detectors, a reflector, and a first frame. The light-emitting unit emits diffuse light. The first light detectors are arranged in a first direction with the light-emitting unit interposed therebetween. The reflector is arranged to face the light-emitting unit on an optical axis of the light-emitting unit and reflects the diffuse light emitted from the light-emitting unit toward the first light detectors. The first frame is deformed in the first direction so that a reflection range of the diffuse light reflected by the reflector is displaced in the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150177082A1 FORCE SENSOR AND ROBOT HAVING FORCE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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