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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2005
Applicant:
Liming Lou, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Inventor:
Liming Lou, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sensor device includes: a detected part D having a movable elementand a fixed elementcontacting each other in which a contact area of the both elements changes corresponding to an external load; a contact area detection sensor, provided to the fixed element, for detecting the contact area of the detected part D; and processing means for calculating the external load from an sensor output by using the correlation between the external load and the contact area.