ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,978, issued on Nov. 4.
"Force transducer with printed circuit board" was invented by Maciej Lisiak (San Clemente, Calif.), Farshid Allahakbari (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Martin Illes (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force transducer capable of measuring tension and/or compression loads, including a generally rectangular flexure body made of high modules of elasticity material having through cuts that divide the body into an S shaped force transmission path. Strain gages are strategically located on the inside surfaces of a central opening and are connected into a bridge circuit mounted on a printed circuit board whic...