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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/2287 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate; a resistor formed of material including at least one from among chromium and nickel, on or above the substrate; and electrodes electrically coupled to the resistor. Each electrode includes a terminal section extending from a corresponding end portion from among end portions of the resistor; a first metallic layer formed of copper, a copper alloy, nickel, or a nickel alloy, on or above the terminal section; and a second metallic layer formed of material having better solder wettability than the first metallic layer, on or above the first metallic layer.