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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2022
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Kui Li, Nagano, JP;
Manabu Tanaka, Nagano, JP;
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a fixing member used in a support structure () for a bed. The support structure includes a lower frame (), an upper frame (), a raising/lowering mechanism () configured to raise and lower the upper frame with respect to the lower frame and including a support shaft () extending in a width direction of the bed, and a supported member () fixed to the upper frame and supported by the support shaft. The support shaft moves in a longitudinal direction of the bed while supporting the supported member when the upper frame is raised and lowered. The fixing member includes a plurality of fixing tools (Sto S) configured to fix the supported member to the upper frame. Each of the plurality of fixing tools includes a flexure element (SB) fixed to the upper frame at one end and fixed to the supported member at the other end, and a strain gauge (SG) attached to the flexure element.