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Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto-fu, JP;

Inventors:

Keisuke Araki, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Hideki Kawamura, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Jun Endo, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Assignee:

MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-Fu, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/00 (2006.01); G01L 1/16 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); G01L 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/16 (2013.01); G01L 1/205 (2013.01); G01L 1/225 (2013.01); G01L 1/2287 (2013.01); G01L 5/0038 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pressing force sensor that includes a sensor element configured with a piezoelectric film, a lead terminal for connection to an external circuit, a wiring conductor which connects pressing force detection electrodes and the lead terminal, and a flexible printed circuit board which withstands solder reflow temperatures. The flexible printed circuit board has the pressing force detection electrodes formed on a first principal surface thereof, and is folded via a folding line while the first principal surface faces inward. The sensor element is deflected by a pressing force applied to a second principal surface which faces outward and is in a first area of the flexible printed circuit board which is on one side with respect to the folding line, and a signal corresponding to the pressing force is thus taken out from the pressing force detection electrodes.


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