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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1993
Masahiro Hiraka, Ikoma, JP;
Handa Haruhiko, Neyagawa, JP;
Masaki Ikeda, Hirakata, JP;
Akihiko Yoshida, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A pressure sensor including a plate-shaped metal substrate; a glass layer provided on a surface of the metal substrate and mainly containing a partially devitrified enamel composition; a resistor element which is provided on a surface of the glass layer and has an electric resistance changed in accordance with the degree of strain thereof; and a pair of electrodes connected to the resistor element. The resistor element is provided so as to receive a stress, a pressure, or a load applied perpendicularly to a surface thereof. Alternatively, both surfaces of the metal substrate are provided with glass layers, respectively, and the resistor element is provided on one of the glass layers.