US Patent Issued to Proterial, NSK on Oct. 6 for "Magnetostrictive torque sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,087, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Proterial Ltd. (Tokyo) and NSK Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Magnetostrictive torque sensor" was invented by Akitoshi Fujimori (Tokyo), Takashi Onimoto (Tokyo), Seigou Urakami (Gunma, Japan), Takumi Shinojima (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kota Fukuda (Gunma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetostrictive torque sensor is configured to be attached around a rotating shaft exhibiting a magnetostrictive effect and detects torque transmitted by the rotating shaft. The magnetostrictive torque sensor includes a holder being composed of a resin and including a cylinder portion with a hollow cavity in a center through ...