ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,389, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Pressure sensor, gripping device, and robot" was invented by Takayuki Yonemura (Suwa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensor includes a base having a mounting surface, an elastic member mounted on the mounting surface and forming a dome shape including a convex curved surface, a first pressure-sensitive element placed in a position between the mounting surface and the elastic member and corresponding to a vertex of the convex curved surface and outputting a first detection signal by sensing pressure, a second pressure-sensitive element placed in a posit...