ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,268, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Strain gauge" was invented by Aya Ono (Nagano, Japan), Toshiaki Asakawa (Nagano, Japan), Atsushi Kitamura (Nagano, Japan), Akiyo Yuguchi (Nagano, Japan), Shinya Toda (Nagano, Japan), Yosuke Ogasa (Nagano, Japan), Yuta Aizawa (Nagano, Japan) and Iku Ishihara (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate and a resistor formed of material including at least one of chromium or nickel, the resistor being situated above the substrate. The strain gauge includes a functional layer formed of an insulating material that has...