ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,007, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).

"Strain gauge module including strain detection device film and thin-plate metal substrate" was invented by Tadashi Ono (Tokyo) and Makoto Kitazume (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A present strain gauge module includes a film-like strain detection device that is to be attached to a measurement target and includes a terminal on an upper surface thereof, and is configured to detect strain generated in the measurement target; and a thin-plate metal substrate including an upper surface and a lower surface. The film-like strain detection device is attached t...