ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,934, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Calibration system and method for a force sensor based on load" was invented by Yoshikane Tanaami (Nagoya, Japan), Atsushi Osawa (Nagoya, Japan) and Takumi Kobayashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calibration system includes a stage, a weighting jig, a parallel link mechanism, and a control apparatus. A weighted body includes a force sensor configured to output a value based on a load value including at least a component in one axial direction among components in six axial directions of a load applied to the weighted body, and a master sensor c...