ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,977, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Load sensor" was invented by Susumu Uragami (Osaka, Japan), Hiroyuki Furuya (Osaka, Japan), Yuta Moriura (Osaka, Japan), Takashi Matsumoto (Osaka, Japan), Hironobu Ukitsu (Osaka, Japan) and Yodai Matsumura (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load sensor includes: a first base member and a second base member disposed so as to face each other; an electrically-conductive elastic body disposed on an opposing face of the first base member; an electrically-conductive member disposed between the second base member and the el...