ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,457, issued on April 21, was assigned to MAGNOLIA WHITE Corp. (Tokyo).
"Stretchable device" was invented by Takumi Sano (Tokyo) and Masatomo Hishinuma (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stretchable device includes a resin base member, a signal line, and a strain gauge. The resin base member includes: bodies disposed separately from each other; and hinges that couple the bodies while meandering. Each hinge includes: a base and bends. The bends include a first bend coupled to the base. The first bend includes a first inner peripheral portion and a first outer peripheral portion with respect to a center in a width direction orthog...