ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,176, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Bending sensor and electronic apparatus" was invented by Yuuki Tachibana (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Shiori Nagamori (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bending sensor is provided that includes a piezoelectric element disposed on a bendable substrate; a voltage detection circuit that detects a voltage generated in the piezoelectric element; and an arithmetic unit that calculates an integrated value by integrating the voltage detected by the voltage detection circuit and associates the integrated value with a bent state of the subst...