US Patent Issued to FANUC on July 14 for "Torque sensor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,897, issued on July 14, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Torque sensor" was invented by Kazuki Wakabayashi (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This torque sensor includes: an outer circumferential part and an inner circumferential part that have an annular shape and are disposed concentrically with a gap therebetween in the radial direction thereof; a plurality of double-supported beam-like connecting beam parts that are disposed with gaps therebetween in the circumferential direction and connect the outer circumferential part and the inner circumferential part; and detecting parts that detect the torque ...