Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Durometer
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Application No.: US17374561Application Date: 2021-07-13
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Publication No.: US11619572B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Akihiko Kandori , Yuko Sano , Yuhua Zhang , Shigemitsu Ando , Mitsunobu Watanabe , MItsuo Okimoto
- Applicant: Maxell, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Volpe Koenig
- Priority: JP2015-128007 20150625,JP2015-210979 20151027
- Main IPC: G01N3/38
- IPC: G01N3/38 ; G01N3/42 ; A61B5/00 ; G01N3/02 ; G01N3/40 ; G01N1/34

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a durometer enabling a contact portion in contact with an object to perform smooth piston motion. The durometer includes a main body unit including a movable unit pressed continuously against an object to be measured, a first sensor outputting acceleration information corresponding to an acceleration of movement of a contact part of the object to be measured in contact with the movable unit in a pressing direction, a second sensor outputting reactive force information corresponding to a reactive force at the contact part of the object to be measured in contact with the movable unit, a motor, a crank mechanism driven by the motor and causing the main body unit and the movable unit to perform piston motion, and at least one buffering member disposed on a periphery of the main body unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210341368A1 DUROMETER Public/Granted day:2021-11-04
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