About Us

Loadstar Sensors is a load cell manufacturer that designs and builds capacitive and resistive load cells, torque sensors, displacement sensors, pressure sensors and other types of sensors with USB & wireless output for automotive, aerospace, medical device, industrial and consumer applications. Our sensor interface products enable users to communicate via USB, Bluetooth or wireless protocols via PCs, Tablet or Smartphones. We partner with leading OEMs to incorporate load cells and digital interfaces into mass market products.

Key Highlights:

• Developed capacitive force sensing technology
• Developed the world's first USB load cell
• Developed world's first USB Load Cell Interface
• Developed world's first WiFi and ZigBee based Wireless Load Cell Interfaces
• Developed USB, WiFi, ZigBee based sensor interfaces
• Developed weight based Inventory Tracking and Management Solution in the Cloud (iOT, SaaS) 
• Products are ssed by over ten thousand customers
• World class team with expertise in sensors and digital communications
• Technology protected by over sixteen issued patents:

• Patent Number	Issue Date	Title of Patent
  6026694	Feb 22, 2000	Linear Force Sensing Device
  7047818	May 23, 2006	Capacitive Force Sensing Device
  7187185	Mar 06, 2007	Area-Change Sensing through Capacitive Techniques
  7343814	Mar 18, 2008	Multi-Zone Capacitive Force Sensing Device & Methods
  7353713	Apr 08, 2008	Flexible Apparatus and Method to Enhance Capacitive Force Sensing
  7451659	Nov 18, 2008	Gap Change Sensing Through Capacitive Techniques
  905309	Jun 23, 2009	Gap Change Sensing Through Capacitive Techniques (Korea)
  7570065	Aug 4, 2009	Cylindrical Capacitive Force Sensing and Method
  7644628	Jan 12, 2010	Resistive Force Sensing Device & Method with an Advanced Communication Interface
  7673530	Mar 9, 2010	Capacitive sensor based structure and method with tilt compensation capability
  7743667	Jun 29, 2010	Capacitive device and method with an enhanced measurement error correction
  7775130	Aug 17, 2010	Capacitive sensor based inventory control
  7897884	Mar 1, 2011	Method and system of a multi-zone capacitive force-measuring based load sensing platform
  200780011717.4	Mar 30, 2011	Multi-Zone Capacitive Force Sensing Device & Method (China)
  7921728	Apr 12, 2011	Flexible Apparatus and Method to Enhance Capacitive Force Sensing
  7980145	Jul 19, 2011	Microelectromechanical Capacitive Device
  8191428	Jun 5, 2012	Thermal effect and off-center load compensation of a sensor
  8174272	May 8, 2012	Analysis of a material with capacitive technology
  8495263	Jul 23, 2013	Universal interface compatibility of a sensor
  8700828	Apr 15, 2014	Universal interface for one or more sensors