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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...
7372281 Capacitance type sensor  
A displacement electrode cooperates with four switch electrodes on a substrate to form respective switches SW 1 to SW 4 . When all of the switches SW 1 to SW 4 are on, no X- and Y-axial outputs...
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...
7360455 Force detector and acceleration detector and method of manufacturing the same  
An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To...
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...
7331226 Force measurement system for an isometric exercise device  
A force measurement system includes an effector device with a hollow interior, an inner support secured within the hollow interior of the effector device, and at least one sensor secured at a...
7320253 Stress detection method for sensor device with multiple axis sensor and sensor device employing this method  
The present invention provides the stress detection method for force sensor device with multiple axis sensor device and force sensor device employing this method, whose installation angle is...
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...
7249522 Optical measuring device  
The invention relates to a measuring device, comprising a housing having two opposing measuring surfaces, to each of which there are assigned a phototransmitter and photoreceiver disposed in the...
7219561 Force-detecting device  
Forces and moments are detected in a distinguishing manner by a simple structure. A supporting member ( 20 ) is positioned below a force receiving member ( 10 ), which receives forces to be...
7059202 Multi-axis force/torque sensor and data acquisition system  
A multi-axis force analyzer and data acquisition system is disclosed. Using non-invasive structure, parts to be tested are analyzed without obstructing user access or defacing the object in any...
7058488 Vehicle testing apparatus for measuring a propensity of a vehicle to roll over  
A vehicle testing apparatus for subjecting a vehicle to a compound force includes a support disposed in a plane for supporting the vehicle, and a mechanism coupled to the support for moving the...
7046158 Method and apparatus for sensing seat occupancy  
Method and apparatus for identifying and categorizing the weight and characteristics of the occupant currently occupying a vehicle seat. The method for identifying and categorizing the occupant or...
6958614 Capacitance type sensor and method for manufacturing same  
In a capacitance type sensor of the present invention, a capacitance element is constituted between a displacement electrode and a capacitance element electrode. A return-switch movable electrode...
6933732 Capacitance type sensor  
A movable switch electrode (E 21 ) which is contactable with a capacitance element electrode (E 1 ) formed on a substrate ( 20 ) and is spaced apart from a fixed switch electrode (E 11 ) formed in...
6915709 Force detection device  
Forces and moments are detected in a distinguishing manner by a simple structure. A supporting member ( 20 ) is positioned below a force receiving member ( 10 ), which receives forces to be...
6842015 Capacitance type sensor  
A capacitance element electrode (E 1 ) and a reference electrode (E 31 ) are formed on a substrate ( 20 ) so as to be opposite to a displacement electrode ( 40 ). A dome-shaped movable switch...
6809529 Force detector  
The invention provides a force detector in which power consumption is suppressed. Four electrodes (E 11 -E 14 ) are formed on a substrate, and an elastic deformable body formed of a ruber film is...
6799479 Wheel load measurement system  
A wheel load measurement system mountable upon a wheel rim. The system includes a sensor body with an inboard ring connectable to the wheel rim, an outboard ring axially-spaced from the inboard...
6779408 Force detector  
An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To...
6742400 Device and method for measuring cross-inertia-moment in limited angular rotary axis  
The present invention relates to measurement of cross-inertia-moment in a limited angular rotatory axis, and more specifically, to a measuring device and method of cross-inertia-moment in a limited...
6736015 Robust, wireless microelectro mechanical system (MEMS) shear force sensor  
Micro electromechanical components in a novel configuration to allow wireless normal direction pressure transducers to be used for oblique or shear forces. The invention includes a novel cantilever...
6684165 Apparatus and method for monitoring force, especially force in labor and delivery  
An apparatus for monitoring a force applied to an object by a person includes a support upon which the person stands, and one or more force sensors for detecting the reaction force applied through...
6550346 Device for sensing relative movements between an object and a baseplate  
For sensing the relative movements of an object a force sensing unit ( 15 ) comprises a stationary supporting means ( 6 ) and a cap ( 150 ) located movable relative to said supporting means as well...
6536292 Triaxial force pin sensor array  
A triaxial force pin sensor array for measuring the actual forces generated in the footprint of a tire includes a high density of individual force pin sensors in a modular design that allows for...
6508137 Capacitance change-based input device and detection device  
An input device and detection device each have separate electrodes with one electrode for detecting input in a vertical direction and a plurality of electrodes for detecting input in a horizontal...
6481298 Vehicle brake testing system  
This invention relates to a force measuring system capable of measuring forces associated with vehicle braking and of evaluating braking performance. The disclosure concerns an invention which...
6477903 Force detector and acceleration detector and method of manufacturing the same  
An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To...
6378381 Sensor using capacitance element  
A bottom fixed layer 110 , displacement layer 125 , and top fixed layer 130 are fixed in a layered structure by way of intervening pedestals 145, 155 , which serve as spacers between the...
6354155 Multi-component force and moment measuring platform and load transducer  
This invention utilizes geometrically positioned strain gages attached to load cells (pylons) where each cell measures all force and moment components (Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My, Mz), thereby measuring...
6349604 Parallel type six-axes force-moment measuring apparatus  
A six-axes force-moment measuring apparatus includes a mechanical structure having sensors installed at predetermined positions on the mechanical structure for measuring tensile and compressive...
6329812 Position measuring device for detecting displacements with at least three degrees of freedom  
The invention comprises a fixed platform (1) and a displaceable platform (2) that are coupled by six tension springs (3) and an elastic spacing element (6), which forms with each platform, for...
6324919 Multi-axis wheel load transducer  
The load transducer for measuring forces and/or moments on a rotatable member. In one embodiment, the transducer includes an inner ring member attachable to a wheel hub and an outer ring member...
6314823 Force detector and acceleration detector and method of manufacturing the same  
An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To...
RE37065 Triaxial normal and shear force sensor  
A triaxial force sensor using a hemispherical target supported by a compliant element such as a spring or an elastomer supported by a rigid support member. The sensor includes a plurality of...
6185814 Method of manufacturing a sensor detecting a physical action as an applied force  
A sensor comprises a semiconductor pellet (10) including a working portion (11) adapted to undergo action of a force, a fixed portion (13) fixed on the sensor body, and a flexible portion (13)...
6158291 Force detector and acceleration detector  
An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To...
6148671 Acceleration sensor and triaxial acceleration sensor  
An acceleration sensor capable of restraining a reduction in output thereof due to an electrostatic capacity between acceleration detecting electrodes and output electrodes. A low-dielectric layer...
6098461 Acceleration sensor using piezoelectric element  
Upper electrodes (A1 to A5) are disposed on an upper surface of a disk-shaped piezoelectric element (10). On a lower surface of the piezoelectric element (10), an annular groove to surround origin...
6067862 Fingerpad force sensing system  
A fingerpad force sensor system is disclosed which is useful for detecting process variations during manufacturing processes in which a plurality of force sensors are applied to the gripper of a...
6053057 Force detector  
An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To...
5987985 Angular velocity sensor  
A multi-axial angular velocity sensor for detecting angular velocity components about respective coordinate axes in a three-dimensional cooridnate system has a flexible substrate having...
5974898 Force sensor having test deflection device  
A force sensor has a measuring diaphragm adapted to undergo a deflection in response to a force being applied thereto. The force sensor further has a test deflection device operatively coupled to...
5959863 Multiple axis data input apparatus and method employing positionable electrode assemblies  
A multiple axis joystick employs positionable and fixed electrode assemblies having mutually orthogonal sets of spaced apart electrodes. The electrode spacings depend on the rotational and...
5959209 Sensor unit having multiple sensors each providing independent detection of a force component  
A sensor unit is provided for detecting a physical quantity with improved accuracy while maintaining acceptable detection limits. The sensor unit includes at least three three-axis sensors for...
5948996 Multielement sensor  
A small-sized multielement sensor is capable of two- or three-dimensionally detecting a physical quantity. The sensor has the capability of compensating for an incorrect detection result given by a...
5905212 Load and deflection measurement system for elastomeric bearings  
Force transducers are integrated in an elastomeric flex bearing to provide signals for determining the tension and torque upon a tension member coupled to the bearing and for computation of the...
5889214 6-component load cell  
A 6-component load cell used for measuring triaxial force and moment components is disclosed. The load cell has a sensing unit and an external case. In the sensing unit, upper and lower rings...
5884232 Computer program for calculating fastener forces  
A NASTRAN-programmed computer calculates force and moment data for a structure including joints of interest. The NASTRAN data is read by a computer programmed with the invented program. For each...
5877436 Method for quantitative determination of the pressure comfort of a seat cushion  
A method is provided for quantitative determination of the pressure comfort of a seat cushion. For this purpose, the sitting surface of the seat cushion to be tested is loaded mechanically in a...
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