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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Applicant:
Dohaku Inamori, Saku, JP;
Inventor:
Dohaku Inamori, Saku, JP;
Assignee:
Minebea Co., Ltd., Nagano-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/20 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); G01L 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bend sensor according to one aspect of the present invention is a bend sensor for sensing a bend of a base member in a longitudinal direction comprising: the base member; and a plurality of strain sensitive elements which are disposed at different positions in a width direction on an one side surface of the base member and are disposed at two or more different positions in a thickness direction of the base member.