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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2007
Tomiya Abe, Hitachi, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Hekinan, JP;
Motomi Iyoda, Seto, JP;
Sotaro Narita, Toyota, JP;
Yukio Nakagawa, Toyota, JP;
Tomiya Abe, Hitachi, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Hekinan, JP;
Motomi Iyoda, Seto, JP;
Sotaro Narita, Toyota, JP;
Yukio Nakagawa, Toyota, JP;
Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An impulse sensor having: a long elastic structure formed of a material to be deformed according to an impulse; a cable insertion hole formed in the elastic structure; and a cable inserted through the cable insertion hole, the cable being operable to cause a variation in propagation energy due to its deformation. A distance from a central line of the cable to an outer surface of the elastic structure is varied in a longitudinal direction of the elastic structure.