ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,495, issued on March 24, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Cover for occlusal force meter" was invented by Keisuke Danno (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Toru Yabe (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover for an occlusal force meter, the cover including: a cover main body that covers a pressure sensor of the occlusal force meter, the cover main body having a bag shape; and an elastic body attached to an outer surface of the cover main body, wherein a Young's modulus of a material of the cover main body is larger than a Young's modulus of a material of the elastic body, and a rubber hardness ...