ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,461, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Strain gauge" was invented by Atsushi Kitamura (Nagano, Japan), Toshiaki Asakawa (Nagano, Japan), Yosuke Ogasa (Nagano, Japan), Aya Ono (Nagano, Japan) and Akiyo Yuguchi (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate, at least one resistor formed on or above the substrate, and a pair of electrodes formed on or above the substrate, electrodes being electrically coupled to the resistor via lines, respectively. Each of the lines electrically connects an end of the resistor and a given electrode, the end being situat...