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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2006
Noboru Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
Akira Matsuura, Osaka, JP;
Noboru Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
Akira Matsuura, Osaka, JP;
Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd., Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention related to a load detecting apparatus which comprises a hollow cylindrical strain body () provided with, on an outer peripheral surface or an inner peripheral surface thereof, at least one strain detecting element (); a first member () fixed to an one axial end of the strain body to close an opening, and a second member () fixed to an other axial end of the strain body. One of the second member and the first member receives a load in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the strain body, so that a shearing force is applied to the strain body.