- Patent Title: Shear force detection device, tactile sensor and grasping apparatus
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Application No.: US13596685Application Date: 2012-08-28
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Publication No.: US08640550B2Publication Date: 2014-02-04
- Inventor: Tsutomu Nishiwaki
- Applicant: Tsutomu Nishiwaki
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2009-267935 20091125
- Main IPC: G01N3/24
- IPC: G01N3/24 ; G01L1/00 ; B25J19/00

Abstract:
A shear force detection device for detecting a shear force includes: a support body including an opening defined by a pair of straight parts perpendicular to a detection direction of the shear force and parallel to each other; a support film on the support body and closing the opening, the support film having flexibility; a piezoelectric part on the support film and extending astride an inside and outside of the opening and along at least one of the pair of straight parts of the opening when viewed in a plane in which the support body is seen in a substrate thickness direction, the piezoelectric part being bendable to output an electric signal; and an elastic layer covering the piezoelectric part and the support film.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120319418A1 SHEAR FORCE DETECTION DEVICE, TACTILE SENSOR AND GRASPING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-12-20
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