Patent ID: 9310265
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G01L

Claim Text:
1. A tactile sensor comprising: a sensor element provided in a plane substantially at the same level as a surface of a substrate, and an outer package member covering around the sensor element and transmitting external force to the sensor element, wherein the substrate has a hole in a rectangular shape, the sensor element includes: a flexible doubly-supported beam stretched between one side and the other side of the hole facing each other and having both ends supported by the substrate; or a flexible cantilever having one end supported by the substrate so as to extend from the one side toward the other side of the hole opposite to the one side, the outer package member covers a top surface, a surface opposite to the top surface and side surfaces opposite to each other of the doubly-supported beam or the cantilever, and the sensor element detects deformation of the doubly-supported beam or the cantilever, the deformation being caused in a direction in parallel with the surface of the substrate.