A sensor assembly includes a elongate article and a plurality of elongate
piezoelectric elements provided to the elongate article. Each of the
piezoelectric elements is configured so that when a load is applied in a
direction perpendicular to a surface of the piezoelectric element, a
short axis direction of the piezoelectric element becomes a sensitivity
direction in which a voltage is generated, and a major axis direction
becomes a non-sensitivity direction in which a voltage is not generated.