ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,809, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).
"Detector and detecting system" was invented by Shinji Murata (Miyagi, Japan) and Kimihiro Yokoyama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detector is a detector that detects fastening axial force applied by a fastening unit in an axial direction. The detector includes a strain element that has a through hole through which a bolt portion that the fastening unit has is inserted, and a strain sensing sensor that senses strain of the strain element. The strain element has a block-like form and has a planar portion following the axial direction on a side face thereof....