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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141431 | Load sensor having load detection element and support element and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a load sensor including a load detection element and a support element is provided. The support element includes a base and a spring. The spring includes a support portion, a connection portion bonding to the base, and a connecting member ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132467 | Apparatus and method for monitoring wear of components A structure and method for instrumenting a component for monitoring wear in a coating. The method includes depositing a first thin layer of electrically insulating material, depositing a thin electrically conductive layer over the first electrically insulating layer... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7980139 | Miniature pressure sensor assembly A miniature pressure sensor assembly is provided for fitting within the valve stem of a vehicle tire. The pressure sensor assembly typically includes a reference device for temperature compensation and a measurement device for pressure measurement. Each device inclu... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7971489 | Carbon nanotube-based load cells A robust, stand-alone load cell comprises a block of aligned carbon nanotubes with parallel electrodes on opposing sides of the block and an electrical circuit connected between the electrodes for measuring the electrical resistance of the block. The nanotubes are p... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7918140 | Stress sensor and electronic device with same The present invention relates to a stress sensor to be combined with an assembled object of an input unit of an electronic device. The stress sensor includes a circuit substrate and a pointing operation element disposed on a surface of the circuit substrate. The cir... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7854173 | Strain sensor A strain sensor (10) for measuring strain greater than 10%, the sensor (10) comprising: an upper polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate (20) having measurement electrodes (90) extending therethrough; a lower PDMS substrate (30) bond... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7712371 | Load sensor-equipped operating apparatus A load sensor-equipped operation apparatus. An operational member is movably operated. A reaction force member receives an operating force from the operational member, and a reaction force corresponding to the operation force. At least one pivotal connecting portion... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7694577 | Strain gauge A strain gauge measures elongation and compression at a surface of a component. The strain gauge comprise a housing having a fixation configured to attach the strain gauge to the surface to be measured, a connector for contacting a measuring cable, at least two supp... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694576 | Electric motor and/or transmission An electric motor and/or a transmission consisting of an input shaft, an output shaft, and a case provided with a centering flange and/or a fixing flange. At least one extension sensor is allocated to the case. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7681458 | Apparatus, method, and medium for adaptively setting reference sensing boundary of touch sensor Provided are an apparatus for and method and medium of adaptively setting a reference sensing boundary of a touch sensor. The apparatus for adaptively setting a reference sensing boundary includes a reference sensing boundary setting unit adaptively setting a refere... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7673521 | Embedded nanotube array sensor and method of making a nanotube polymer composite A method of producing polymer/nanotube composites where the density and position of the nanotubes (11) within the composite ca be controlled. Carbon nanotubes (11) are grown from organometallic micropatterns. These periodic nanotube arrays are then inc... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661319 | Micromachined artificial haircell A micromachined artificial sensor comprises a support coupled to and movable with respect to a substrate. A polymer, high-aspect ratio cilia-like structure is disposed on and extends out-of-plane from the support. A strain detector is disposed with respect to the su... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7520175 | Strain sensor A fixing member is composed of an upper washer and a lower washer; and a sensor substrate is sandwiched and held by the upper and lower washers. A strain-detecting element is disposed on the sensor substrate. A strain sensor as configured above is fixed onto a measu... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7493826 | Velocity feedback compensation for force control systems A method for reducing force and position control tracking errors caused by changes in hydraulic pressure at the actuator ports of a hydraulic servo valve. The method may use either the force command signal or the load cell signal in conjunction with a mathematical a... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7441465 | Measurement of properties of thin specimens based on experimentally acquired force-displacement data A method and system are provided for obtaining force-displacement responses for a specimen or sample of material. The sample is supported with a spanning portion spanning in an environment between at least three points not in a line, wherein the points are fixed rel... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430919 | Capacitive pressure sensor with reference chamber A capacitive pressure sensor includes a substrate assembly having a conductive layer. A conductive membrane is mounted to the substrate assembly so that a sealed reference chamber is defined by the conductive membrane and the substrate assembly. A cap is arranged on... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421369 | Activity recognition apparatus, method and program There is provided an activity recognition apparatus for detecting an activity of a subject. The apparatus includes: a sensor unit including a plurality of linear motion sensors configured to detect linear motions and a plurality of rotational motion sensors, the lin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7373836 | Velocity feedforward compensation for force control systems A controlled system (480) for application of force on a test object includes a force actuator (484) that is coupled to and applies a force on the test object. A velocity signal generator (482) is in a feedforward configuration relative to the fo... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360438 | Advanced thick film load cell A load cell apparatus and method for forming the same. A load cell apparatus is configured to include a load cell housing and a modular strain gage element that is modularly assembled into the load cell housing. The load cell housing and the modular strain gage elem... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360392 | Fluid sensor including an error detection device A fluid sensor may be used for detecting fluid media, in particular hydrogen. The fluid sensor includes a sensor chip having a chip surface, which has a measuring surface and a body surface. Printed conductors of a central sensor circuit having at least one heating ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360735 | Device for the attachment of a card clothing with a force measuring device The present invention relates to a device for winding a card clothing onto a roll with a roll drive unit and a braking device acting on the card clothing for generating a winding pretension in a region of the card clothing between roll and braking device. To be able... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360439 | Sample resistance measurement device In a circuit, as the bridge resistance of one side of a Wheatstone bridge circuit, a distortion gauge (fixed reference resistance) of which variation caused by environmental conditions is suppressed and a sample having a resistance component ΔR varied by the enviro... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357036 | Force measuring apparatus and strain measuring element A force measuring apparatus comprises has a force-transmitting component, that holds a strain measuring element with a carrier element and a displacement transducer. The carrier element has two fixing sections at a predefined distance from each other in a direction ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343764 | Placing tool with means for controlling placing processes A rivet setting tool is provided to provide improved monitoring of riveted connections during rivet setting. The rivet setting tool includes a head piece for holding a rivet, a device for gripping a rivet pin, a pulling apparatus connected to the device for gripping... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334485 | System, method and computer-readable medium for locating physical phenomena A method, system and computer product for detecting the location of a deformation of a structure includes baselining a defined energy transmitting characteristic for each of the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors attached to the structure. Each of the plural... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331243 | Force transducer for measuring axial forces A force transducer for measuring axial forces which act essentially transversely on an axis, in particular a measuring axis, has a longitudinally extending axial body, which has a first portion, forming a force introduction zone, at least one second portion, forming... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311009 | Microelectromechanical systems contact stress sensor A microelectromechanical systems stress sensor comprising a microelectromechanical systems silicon body. A recess is formed in the silicon body. A silicon element extends into the recess. The silicon element has limited freedom of movement within the recess. An elec... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311675 | Systems and methods for mobile activity monitoring Weight-shift activity is measured by small, flat, low-cost pressure sensors placed under the cushion in the seat of the wheelchair. A wireless communications device such as a Blackberry™ page processes data received from the pressure sensors and transfers the elec... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293809 | Load sensing device for automobiles A load sensing device comprise an inner member provided at a front part of a vehicle and a load sensor provided at a position before a front of the inner member, in addition to an outer member and a load transfer member. The outer member is provided at the front par... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293466 | Bolt with function of measuring strain A bolt with a function of measuring strain, comprising a Wheatstone bridge circuit comprising a strain sensor and a dummy resistor, a translate circuit that amplifies a signal from the Wheatstone bridge circuit to convert the same into a digital signal, a transmitti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293465 | Conveyor diagnostic system having local positioning system A conveyor diagnostic system for monitoring loading of a conveyor line assembly including at least one sensor component coupled to the conveyor line assembly. The sensor component is adapted for detecting loading of the conveyor line assembly and is further adapted ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281431 | Velocity feedback compensation for force control systems A force control system (50, 300) for actuation of a test object (54, 304) includes a force actuator (52, 356) that is coupled to and applies a force on the test object (54, 304). A velocity signal generator (124, 310) is in a feedb... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278324 | Carbon nanotube-based sensor and method for detection of crack growth in a structure A sensor has a plurality of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based conductors operatively positioned on a substrate. The conductors are arranged side-by-side, such as in a substantially parallel relationship to one another. At least one pair of spaced-apart electrodes is coupl... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7263895 | Strain detector and method of manufacturing the same A fluid pressure sensor (1) for measuring the pressure of a fluid comprises a diaphragm portion (12) which is a strain generating body, a silicon oxide film (21) as an insulating film, and a strain gauge (20) made of crystalline silicon, ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260999 | Force sensing membrane A force sensing membrane comprises (a) a first conductor that is movable toward a second conductor; (b) a second conductor; and (c) a composite material disposed between the first and second conductors for electrically connecting the first and second conductors unde... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7243551 | Micromechanical component having a sealed cavity and at least two dielectric layers and corresponding method for its manufacture A micromechanical component having a substrate, a cavity formed in the substrate, a membrane provided on the surface of the substrate, which seals the cavity, the membrane having at least two layers between which one or several piezoelectric or piezoresistive circui... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228747 | Device for detecting rail movement A device for holding a transmitter and a receiver for detecting a deformation state of a component. The device includes a first holding part and a first receptacle, the transmitter being disposed on the first holding part via the first receptacle, wherein the first ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224257 | Physical quantity sensing element having improved structure suitable for electrical connection and method of fabricating same A physical quantity sensing element according to the invention includes an insulating layer and a sensing layer. The sensing layer is configured to generate an electrical signal as a function of a physical quantity applied thereto and has a surface that includes a f... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216554 | Physical quantity sensor having enhanced temperature compensation capability A physical quantity sensor according to the invention includes a first member, a second member, a sensing member, a temperature detector, a correcting circuit, and a heat conduction path thermally connecting the sensing member and the temperature detector. The sensi... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211975 | Motorized barrier operator system adaptable to different safety configurations and methods for programming the same A motorized barrier operator system is disclosed that is adaptable to different safety configurations. The system is provided with a default configuration that may be changed upon detection of an optional safety configuration by the operator system. The changeover m... | 05/01/2007 |
