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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiaki Asakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinichi Niwa, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuta Aizawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Kitamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate and a functional layer formed of a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound, directly on one surface of the substrate. The strain gauge includes a resistor formed of a film including Cr, CrN, and CrN, on one surface of the functional layer. The substrate has an expansion coefficient in a range of from 7 ppm/K to 20 ppm/K.