US 2017/0284878 A1 · LOAD DETECTION APPARATUS

Abstract

A load detection apparatus is provided, which can protect a control circuit portion reliably while a load sensor and the control circuit portion are arranged compactly. The load detection apparatus includes a base plate, a load sensor provided at a first surface of the base plate, a control circuit portion provided at a position on a second surface of the base plate, the position not overlapping the load sensor in a plan view of the base plate, a protection cover covering the control circuit portion, the protection cover includes a base portion covering at least part of a position on the second surface, the position facing the load sensor with the base plate therebetween, a raised portion being continuous to the base portion, and a cover portion being continuous to the raised portion and covering the control circuit portion.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A load detection apparatus comprising:

a base plate;
a load sensor provided at a first surface of the base plate;
a control circuit portion provided at a position on a second surface of the base plate, the position not overlapping the load sensor in a plan view of the base plate;
a protection cover covering the control circuit portion;
and
the protection cover including:
a base portion covering at least part of a position on the second surface, the position facing the load sensor with the base plate therebetween,
a raised portion being continuous to the base portion, and
a cover portion being continuous to the raised portion and covering the control circuit portion.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/510,736Filed 17 Nov 2015

Priority

JP 2014-23661821 Nov 2014

Published

5 Oct 2017

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

G01L 1/26
Measuring force or stress, in general: auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with the measurement of force, e.g. for preventing…
G01L 5/225
For measuring the force applied to control members, e.g. control members of vehicles, triggers: to foot actuated controls, e.g. brake pedals
G01L 1/22
By measuring variations in ohmic resistance of solid materials or of electrically-conductive fluids ; by making use of electrokinetic cells,…
G01L 5/22
Apparatus for, or methods of, measuring force, work, mechanical power, or torque, specially adapted for specific purposes: for measuring the force…

Load detection apparatus

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