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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2017
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Ryoji Kuroda, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroki Ikuta, Kyoto, JP;
Shinji Yamamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Takanori Okamura, Kyoto, JP;
Xiaoming Jin, Kyoto, JP;
Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuhiro Hosoi, Kyoto, JP;
Satoru Osako, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A non-limiting example training instrument comprises a hollow main body formed of an aluminum alloy. The main body is constituted by two gripping portions opposite to each other with a space therebetween and a coupling portion coupling the two gripping portions. A load sensor is arranged in the coupling portion inside the main body. The load sensor is a load cell, a strain gauge affixed to an interior of the main body, and a part of the main body to which the strain gauge is affixed functions as a strain body. Therefore, if a user applies a force so as to bring the two gripping portions close to each other or a force so as to move the two gripping portions away from each other, a load thereof is detected by the load sensor.