ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,497, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Strain amount detection device, and tire" was invented by Kenji Yoshihara (Hitachinaka, Japan), Hiroyuki Abe (Hitachinaka, Japan), Tsukasa Takahashi (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Takeo Hosokawa (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide a strain amount detection device capable of accurately detecting deformations, in multiple directions, of a tire by one strain measuring element. A strain amount detection device according to the present invention includes a disk-shaped base member that holds a strain meas...