ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,129, issued on March 24, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).
"Torque sensor and robot" was invented by Yoshikane Tanaami (Nagoya, Japan) and Miyuki Hayashi (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque sensor is provided that achieves miniaturization and that has a high degree of freedom in design of resolution. The torque sensor includes: a first plate-like member including a spacer that is plate-like; and a second plate-like member fastened to the first plate-like member. In an outer circumferential region of the second plate-like member outside the spacer, a film-shaped strain gauge disposed in a recess that ...