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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/02 (2006.01); G01L 5/00 (2006.01); G01L 1/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); G01L 5/167 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/028 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01); G01L 1/16 (2013.01); G01L 5/0061 (2013.01); G01L 5/009 (2013.01); G01L 5/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
A force detection apparatus includes a first member, a second member placed to be opposed to the first member, a sensor device placed between the first member and the second member and including a force detection element having at a piezoelectric element that outputs a signal according to an external force, and a pressurization bolt provided in an outer periphery of the sensor device in a plan view as seen from a direction in which the first member and the second member overlap and pressurizing the sensor device, wherein the first member has a groove which is between the sensor device and the pressurization bolt in the plan view.