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Patent No.:

US 12693182 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2024

Sensor device including elastic cover including portions with varying heights and a gap between portions

Applicant:

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Watanabe, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Kohei Sugahara, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Koichi Inoue, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Takatoshi Kato, Nagaokakyo, JP;

Assignee:

MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:

Keating & Bennett, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Helen C Kwok

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/24 (2006.01); G01L 5/16 (2020.01); G01L 5/22 (2006.01); G01V 8/12 (2006.01); G01V 9/00 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01); H10F 55/00 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/24 (2013.01); G01L 5/16 (2013.01); G01L 5/226 (2013.01); G01V 8/12 (2013.01); G01V 9/00 (2013.01); G01V 11/00 (2013.01); H10F 55/00 (2025.01);
Abstract

A sensor device includes a force sensor on a substrate, a light emitter to emit light from over the substrate, a light receiver to receive light on the substrate and detect proximity of an object, and an elastic member made of an elastic material and including a first portion covering the force sensor, a second portion extending around the light emitter and the light receiver, through at least spaces between the light emitter, the light receiver, and the force sensor, and a third portion coupling the first portion and the second portion to each other. The third portion in the elastic member has a lower height from the substrate than the first and second portions.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Watanabe, Hiroshi. (2026). Sensor device including elastic cover including portions with varying heights and a gap between portions (U.S. Patent No. 12693182). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12693182

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