Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Position sensor
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Application No.: US14768060Application Date: 2014-01-14
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Publication No.: US09811211B2Publication Date: 2017-11-07
- Inventor: Yusuke Shimizu , Ryoma Yoshioka
- Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-044071 20130306; JP2013-087939 20130419
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/050400 WO 20140114
- International Announcement: WO2014/136471 WO 20140912
- Main IPC: G06F3/042
- IPC: G06F3/042 ; G06F3/041 ; G02B6/43 ; G06F1/16

Abstract:
A position sensor includes: a sheet-form optical waveguide including a sheet-form under cladding layer, a plurality of linear cores arranged in a lattice form and formed on a surface of the under cladding layer, and a sheet-form over cladding layer covering the cores; a light-emitting element connected to one end surface of the cores; and a light-receiving element connected to the other end surface of the cores. The cores have an elasticity modulus higher than that of the under cladding layer and that of the over cladding layer. The deformation rate of a cross section of the cores as seen in a pressed direction is lower than the deformation rates of cross sections of the over cladding layer and the under cladding layer when a surface of the sheet-form optical waveguide is pressed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150378517A1 POSITION SENSOR Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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