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7639125 Seat belt warning system  
A seat belt warning system comprises a sensing system associated to a vehicle seat for sensing a seat belt related status with respect to said vehicle seat and a control unit communicating with...
7637174 Force sensor  
A force sensor including a force sensor chip and a shock absorbing device that has a damping mechanism is disclosed. The damping mechanism is disc-shaped and has an annular groove formed in at...
7631565 Collision detection system  
A collision detection system for a vehicle includes a bumper reinforcement fixed to a side member of the vehicle, a pressure sensor placed in front of the bumper reinforcement and having at least...
7594445 Force sensor  
A force sensor comprises a force sensor chip, and a buffering device for dampening and applying incoming external force to the force sensor chip. The buffering device comprises an input portion to...
7536923 Force sensor chip  
A force sensor chip having a multiaxial force sensing function is disclosed. The force sensor chip comprises a base member having an operating part provided with an external force application area,...
7536922 Force sensor chip  
In a force sensor chip, a semiconductor substrate includes: a plurality of operating parts each including an external-force acting area section and a non-deforming section; a supporting part for...
7523672 Collapsible force sensor coupling  
A force sensor particularly suited for use in an electronic stylus that senses the contact force on its nib for recording pen strokes and handwriting recognition. The sensor has a housing for a...
7516675 Joystick sensor apparatus  
A joystick apparatus employs a hermetically sealed load cell having strain gauges placed on flexible beams formed on the load cell. All of the strain gauges are on the same surface of the load cell...
7509881 Interdigital force switches and sensors  
An interdigital electronic device comprises a conductor, an interdigital electrode, and a composite material disposed between the conductor and the interdigital electrode for electrically...
7500406 Multiaxial sensor  
Cost is reduced by simplifying the wiring while reducing power consumption. A multi-axis sensor unit ( 10 ) for measuring any one or more of multi-axis force, moment, acceleration and angular...
7472599 Strain sensing device  
A strain sensing device is provided, which may include a hollow, cylindrical member having an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface may have an outer diameter corresponding...
7458281 Multi-axis force sensor chip and multi-axis force sensor using same  
A multi-axis sensor chip provided by the invention includes a semiconductor substrate having an action part having an external force action area part and non-deforming area parts, a support part...
7444887 Touch sensor using optical fiber  
In a touch sensor, one ends of optical fibers are disposed at positions corresponding to respective pressure sensing points on a sensor sheet. The optical fibers in a bundled form are connected in...
7446668 Vehicle occupant sensing system having a low profile sensor assembly  
A low profile sensor assembly for use in a vehicle occupant sensing system that comprises a base, an upper slide member, and at least one intermediate guide member. Also disclosed is a low profile...
7441467 Compression strain sensor  
A sensor is disclosed for sensing an applied load. The sensor includes a rigid substrate. A strain sensitive resistor is mounted to the substrate. The resistor has a pair of ends. The resistor has...
7434480 Methods and systems for using active surface coverings for structural assessment and monitoring  
A system for structural assessment is described that comprises a plurality of sensors and a surface covering for at least a portion of a structure. The sensors are arranged in a pattern and...
7409868 Load detecting device  
A load detecting device includes a sensor element including a function for generating and detecting a vibration within a single element, the sensor element converting a load or an acceleration into...
7409876 Authentication system having a flexible imaging pressure sensor  
A sensor for a textured surface (e.g., a fingerprint) is provided. The sensor includes a flexible substrate and a flexible membrane supported above the substrate by one or more spacers. The sensor...
7406881 Touch panel and manufacturing method for the same  
A touch panel has an upper substrate, a lower substrate, an elastic layer, plural conducting wires, and a gel layer. An upper conductive layer is formed at a lower surface of the upper substrate, a...
7399932 Seat load measuring apparatus  
A seat load measuring apparatus which can be effectively adopted to various kinds of motor vehicles without requiring various load sensors having cables of different lengths according to the kinds...
7389682 Method and apparatus for engine torque sensing  
An engine torque sensory system ( 10 ), adapted for use with an engine-driven vehicle ( 12 ) having a flexplate ( 18 ), including at least one sensor ( 26 ) fixedly attached on the surface of the...
7383167 Methods and systems for modeling power plants  
A modular method of modeling a power plant includes selecting a major component module model from a library of component module models for each major component of the power plant, with each major...
7373843 Flexible imaging pressure sensor  
A sensor for a textured surface (e.g., a fingerprint) is provided. The sensor includes a flexible substrate and a flexible membrane supported above the substrate by one or more spacers. The sensor...
7363823 Twin-headed toothbrush  
A toothbrush includes: a handle shaped and dimensioned to be grasped by a human hand; necks coupled to the handle; bristle supports coupled to the necks; and bristles coupled to the bristle...
7360437 Devices for evaluating material properties, and related processes  
A device for measuring at least one property of a material sample is disclosed. The device includes at least one sensor element which is formed by a direct-write technique. The device can be an...
7360456 Six-axis sensor  
A sensor strain causer can be made into a simple shape, and the attachment work for strain gauges is made easy. In a multiaxial sensor 1 for measuring one or more of multiaxial force, moment,...
7350424 Acceleration sensor  
A low-cost breakable inertial threshold sensor using mainly micro-machining silicon technology constructed on a silicon-wafer or on some other brittle material according to the MEMS process. The...
7337681 Hybrid sensor including electrostatic capacitance sensor  
A hybrid sensor is formed by stacking a plurality of flexible sheets each provided with electrode patterns. The hybrid sensor includes a contact pressure sensor which has switches turning on or off...
7318358 Strain sensor that compensates for thermal strain  
A strain sensor includes a sensor body extending substantially in a plane. The sensor body is substantially symmetric in the plane about a first axis and a second axis that is perpendicular to the...
7302865 Sensor mat  
A sensor mat, particularly for vehicle seats in connection with restraint systems, which includes at least one positioning strip that may be snapped onto a fastener.
7302866 Device, system, and method for structural health monitoring  
A phased array sensor assembly is presented that can be permanently adhered to and impart ultrasonic waves to a structural surface and receive ultrasonic waves from a structural surface. The sensor...
7296486 Hydraulic motor drive sensor adapter  
Angular movement detectors may be disposed within or proximate to joints in one or more members of articulated arms and linked via one or more communications networks to a controller to provide...
7290323 Method for manufacturing sensing devices to image textured surfaces  
A fingerprint-sensing device with a sensor array that does not use active switching elements is fabricated on a base. Sensor support integrated circuits, which contain processing and addressing...
7281418 System and method of measuring weight of passengers and luggage, and weight distribution of aircraft  
In certain example embodiments there is provided a method and/or system for operating an aircraft, including (a) before an aircraft is loaded with passengers and luggage, performing a first...
7278327 Film based position and pressure sensor  
Simultaneous pressure and position information is accurately measured in a sensor realized by utilizing first and second sensor elements that each exhibit a decreasing width over the length of the...
7278326 Pressure sensor and method for fabricating the same  
A pressure sensor comprising a plurality of sensor parts arranged in matrix. A first electrode being connected with first wiring and a second electrode being connected with second wiring are...
7258026 Sensor with a plurality of sensor elements arranged with respect to a substrate  
A sensor for measuring a parameter applied to a surface is provided. The sensor includes at least one substrate layer, a plurality of individual sensor elements operatively arranged with respect to...
7240569 Load test apparatus for shipping containers  
Load test apparatus for shipping containers comprising a horizontal beam ( 200 ), the beam having pivotal plate assemblies ( 210 ) attached to lifting eyes ( 330 ) or other feature of a container...
7231837 Angular movement detector and networks of angular movement detectors for controlling movement of an articulated arm and a method for their use  
Angular movement detectors may be disposed within or proximate to joints in one or more members of articulated arms and linked via one or more communications networks to a controller to provide...
7213449 Flat track chassis dynamometer  
A chassis dynamometer for use with a test vehicle such as a snowmobile is provided. First and second spaced apart rolls support the test vehicle. A belt is arranged around the first and second...
7204160 Biaxial and shear testing apparatus with force controls  
A testing apparatus having four-bar linkages pivotable to sleeves on opposite vertices with the sleeves of each vertex rotationally attached to each other. Links of each linkage are pivotally...
7188535 Load cell having strain gauges of arbitrary location  
A load cell utilizes a plurality of strain gauges mounted upon the load cell body such that there are six independent load-strain relations. Load is determined by applying the inverse of a...
7178411 Load sensing system for seat  
Each front sensor senses a load, which is applied to a front part of a seat, and each rear sensor senses a load, which is applied to a rear part of the seat. A size of an entire load sensing range...
7174792 Multi-axis transducer  
An improved multi-axis transducer includes a stack of ferroelectric layers and a plurality of common electrodes and addressing electrodes alternately disposed between the ferroelectric layers; each...
7151247 Mobile measurement system of photoenvironment  
This invention relates to a mobile measurement system of photoenvironment comprises a measuring equipment 5 to measure photoenvironment and a barrow 4 for moving measurement which the equipment...
7143657 Planarity-measuring roller for steel strip  
A planarity-measuring roller for metallic strip has a plurality of force sensors set in respective outwardly open recesses in a roller body with respective covers overlying the sensors in the...
7132953 Spring sensor assembly for a vehicle seat cushion  
A sensor assembly for use in a vehicle seat cushion for detecting the presence of an occupant includes a first member defining an internal bore. A second member has a portion slidably disposed in...
7096745 Seat-load measuring apparatus  
A seat load measuring apparatus that includes a seat rail between a seat-load measuring apparatus and a vehicle floor. The apparatus includes a base frame and a base bracket that provide a load...
7082844 Strain sensor having improved accuracy  
A strain sensor that is suited for use as an occupant weight sensor in a vehicle seat is disclosed. The strain sensor includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. Several bumps...
7077015 Apparatus to reproduce tactile sensations  
A tactile sensing transducer provides as its output a skin deformation signal for storage or transmission to a tactile stimulation display transducer. A skin surface imaging means operating...
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