US Patent Issued to NAMESBEA MITSUMI Inc. ASSIGNEE, KITO on Nov. 18 for "Load detection mechanism and pin-type load cell" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,199, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NAMESBEA MITSUMI Inc. ASSIGNEE (Nagano, Japan) and KITO Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Load detection mechanism and pin-type load cell" was invented by Takuma Okamoto (Cupertino, Calif.), Kazuhiro Nishikawa (Chuo, Japan) and Takayuki Kasai (Chuo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load detection mechanism for detecting a load of an object includes a first member connected to a fixed structure; a second member for suspending an object; a pin (CP1, CP2) configured to cause the second member to be suspended from the first member by continuously penetrating the first member and the second member; a...