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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2021
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Atsushi Kitamura, Nagano, JP;
Toshiaki Asakawa, Nagano, JP;
Yosuke Ogasa, Nagano, JP;
Aya Ono, Nagano, JP;
Akiyo Yuguchi, Nagano, JP;
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate, at least one resistor formed on or above the substrate, and a pair of electrodes formed on or above the substrate, electrodes being electrically coupled to the resistor via lines, respectively. Each of the lines electrically connects an end of the resistor and a given electrode, the end being situated in a width direction of a grid. Each of the lines includes a first metallic layer and a second metallic layer that is formed of a material having a lower resistance than a material of the first metallic layer, the second metallic layer being situated on the first metallic layer.