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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sigeyuki Akita, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361283 ; 7386264 ; 361278 ; 361290 ; 361291 ; 361400 ;
Abstract
A capacitor type displacement or load sensor includes a first electrode constituted by an electrically conductive coiled spring capable of expansion and contraction and a second electrode positioned to face the first electrode without making contact therewith. The second electrode is constituted by an electrically conductive coiled spring or a cylindrical electric conductor. The sensor is constructed such that capacitance between the first and second electrodes varies with a change of a gap between the first and second electrodes or an opposing area of the first and second electrodes caused by the relative displacement occurring therebetween.