US Patent Issued to Alps Alpine on May 6 for "Management system using a sensing washer for detecting attachment state of attachment object" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,072, issued on May 6, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Management system using a sensing washer for detecting attachment state of attachment object" was invented by Shinji Murata (Miyagi, Japan), Ryu Arasawa (Tokyo) and Jun Asami (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a management system for an attachment state of an attachment object, a sensor capable of detecting a value equivalent to stress of stress loaded, or a predetermined value from which the value equivalent to stress can be calculated, a washer storage unit storing identification information of a sensing washer, and a washer control unit transmitting the val...