ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,122, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Multi-axis inertial force sensor" was invented by Teruhisa Akashi (Kariya, Japan), Shota Harada (Kariya, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Hata (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-axis inertial force sensor includes a mounting material, blocks, and sensors. Each block has a positioning portion that determines its position relative to a contact partner. A pedestal is formed by an assembly of the blocks where the positions are determined relative to each other based on the positioning portion and where inclined surfaces are oriented in different directions. The se...