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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
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, a resistor on one surface of the substrate, an insulating layer covering the resistor, and a conductive barrier layer covering the insulating layer. The conductive barrier layer includes a first layer portion extending over a surface of the resistor via the insulating layer, and a second layer portion extending over side surfaces of the resistor via the insulating layer and continuously connected to the first layer portion.