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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156826 | Anti-pinch sensor An anti-pinch sensor (10,13,40,45) with an associated evaluation circuit (33,48) is disclosed, which is suitable in particular for recognizing an obstacle in the way of an actuating element (e.g., 9) of a motor vehicle (1). The anti-pinch... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7980145 | Microelectromechanical capacitive device Methods and devices based on a microelectromechanical capacitive sensor are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for fabricating an electromechanical capacitive device includes forming a housing of the electromechanical capacitive device using a non-conductive mat... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7958789 | Capacitive sensor A capacitive sensor includes a dielectric layer made of an elastomer and a pair of electrodes arranged via the dielectric layer, and detects deformation on the basis of electrostatic capacity variation between the pair of electrodes. The pair of electrodes contain a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7784366 | Single sided capacitive force sensor for electronic devices A capacitive force sensor (100) includes a substrate (101) having at least one electrode pair (102,103) defining a capacitance disposed thereon. The substrate (101) is fixed relative to a first plate (106). A drive circuit (104 | 08/31/2010 |
| 7775130 | Capacitive sensor based inventory control A method, apparatus and system of capacitive sensor based inventory control is disclosed. In one embodiment, an inventory management system includes a first conductive surface and a second conductive surface substantially parallel to the first conductive surface, a ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7757571 | Force Sensor A force sensor with a force sensor chip, and a buffering device for dampening and applying incoming external force to the force sensor chip. The buffering device includes an input portion to which external force is input, a sensor mount for fixing the force sensor c... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7735383 | Balanced resistance capacitive sensing apparatus Embodiments for a capacitive sensing apparatus with attenuated electrical interference across a plurality of routing traces are provided. One embodiment forms a first sensor electrode on a substrate. In addition, a first routing trace is formed on the substrate, the... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7694590 | Force-measuring element A force-measuring element, having a series connection of at least two capacitors, the force-measuring element being designed in such a way that, under the action of force, a first capacitance of a first capacitor of the at least two capacitors increases and a second... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7677117 | Force-sensing device for vehicle running gears In a measuring device for the measurement of forces in a vehicle undercarriage, more particularly of the brake torque on a vehicle undercarriage, e.g. an aircraft landing gear, a sensor is introduced into a hollow connecting element that is transversally loaded by s... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7673530 | Capacitive sensor based structure and method with tilt compensation capability A method and system of a capacitive sensor based structure and method with tilt compensation capability is disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor includes, a series of nested cantilever beams (e.g., may face each other in alternating form such that each subsequent c... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7614314 | Apparatus for classifying vehicle occupant An apparatus for classifying a vehicle occupant to determine whether to deploy an airbag is disclosed. The classification apparatus includes a sensor which is installed in a seat of a vehicle and is supplied with AC power, the sensor having a sensing conductor and a... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7475606 | Load cell A load cell with an elastically deformable membrane force transducer for receiving forces to be determined, with a sensor arrangement for detecting the deformation of the force transducer and its conversion into an electric weight signal, which is robust and can als... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7472611 | Stress detection method for force sensor device with multiple axis sensor and force sensor device employing this method The present invention provides the stress detection method for force sensor device with multiple axis sensor device and force sensor device employing this method, whose installation angle is arbitrary. The stress detection method includes, first and second force sen... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7441632 | Force sensor and motor-driven parking brake apparatus using the same A force sensor includes a shaft to which a magnet is fixed, and a case which can reciprocate with respect to the shaft and to which a Hall IC element is fixed. The Hall IC element outputs an output voltage which changes in accordance with relative displacement betwe... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437953 | Method and apparatus for protection of contour sensing devices A sheet film protective covering for different types of contour sensing devices is described. In a preferred embodiment, this covering is a MYLAR® sheet film that is coated with a layer of a conductive material. The bottom surface of the MYLAR® film is also prefer... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7409868 | Load detecting device A load detecting device includes a sensor element including a function for generating and detecting a vibration within a single element, the sensor element converting a load or an acceleration into a detection signal, a driving portion for outputting a driving signa... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406881 | Touch panel and manufacturing method for the same A touch panel has an upper substrate, a lower substrate, an elastic layer, plural conducting wires, and a gel layer. An upper conductive layer is formed at a lower surface of the upper substrate, a lower conductive layer that faces the upper conductive layer with a ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401532 | Passenger detection system A passenger detection system for a person on a seat of a vehicle, includes a long range capacitance sensor for measuring a long range capacitance between a seating portion of the seat and a body of the vehicle and a short range capacitance sensor for measuring a sho... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7380475 | Dynamometric cell A dynamometric cell having an elastically deformable force transducer for receiving a weight force and a sensor arrangement for detecting the deformation of the force transducer and its conversion into an electric weight signal is disclosed, wherein the force transd... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7363814 | Multi-axial angular velocity sensor An angular velocity sensor for detecting angular velocity about a Z-axis in an XYZ coordinate system has a substrate oscillator, a flexible member for connecting the oscillator to a casing, a device for oscillating the oscillator in an X-axis direction, and a detect... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360455 | Force detector and acceleration detector and method of manufacturing the same An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To the lower surface of the first substrate, a second substrate is conne... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353713 | Flexible apparatus and method to enhance capacitive force sensing A flexible apparatus and method to enhance capacitive force sensing is disclosed. In one embodiment, a force measuring device includes a sensor capacitor having a fixed surface and a movable surface substantially parallel to the fixed surface, at least one spring as... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343814 | Multi-zone capacitive force sensing device and methods A multi-zone capacitive force sensing apparatus/method is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more capacitors each having an upper conductive surface and a lower conductive surface substantially parallel to the upper conductive surface, a hous... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7305891 | Detectable indicator A detectable indicator (10) formed on a body (18), the indicator (10) comprising a deformable element (12), a safeguard (14) at least partially surrounding the deformable element (12) and an area (16) in the safeguard... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301721 | Falling sensor and the information processing device making use of it A falling sensor is provided, which detects a falling of a magnetic disk drive or an information processing device installed with said magnetic disk drive and which is effective for avoiding physical damages of magnetic heads and magnetic disk media. The magnetic di... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7258028 | Load measuring transducer including elastic structure and gauge using induced voltage, and load measuring system using the same The present invention relates to a load measuring transducer including gauges and elastic structure and weighing system for measuring weight applied to a structure. The load measuring transducer of the present invention comprises a stationary gauge which is construc... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253091 | Process for assembling three-dimensional systems on a chip and structure thus obtained A method for assembling an electronic system with a plurality of layers. Recesses in formed in one or more dielectric layers and electronic components are positioned within the recesses. One or more layers containing the components are placed on a host substrate con... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7231802 | Apparatus for detecting a physical quantity acting as an external force and method for testing and manufacturing the apparatus A sensor comprises a semiconductor pellet (10) including a working portion (11) adapted to undergo action of a force, a fixed portion (13) fixed on the sensor body, and a flexible portion (13) having flexibility formed therebetween, a wor... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219561 | Force-detecting device Forces and moments are detected in a distinguishing manner by a simple structure. A supporting member (20) is positioned below a force receiving member (10), which receives forces to be detected, and between these components, four columnar force transm... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217891 | Capacitive sensing apparatus for a vehicle seat A capacitive sensing apparatus for a vehicle seat includes a deflectable dielectric mat and a flexible printed circuit that wraps around the major surfaces of the dielectric mat to define upper and lower conductor strips that overlap in a direction perpendicular to ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7181975 | Wireless capacitance pressure sensor A wireless pressure sensor system has a pressure sensing capacitor and an inductor mounted on a common housing. The pressure sensing capacitor has a conductive diaphragm, a dielectric layer and a fixed electrode separated at least in part from the diaphragm by a gap... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176390 | Capacitive load cell with multi-layer dielectric for extended range A capacitive load cell includes upper and lower capacitor plates and an intermediate dielectric comprising two or more layers of compressible material with diverse compressibility characteristics. The most easily compressed dielectric layer provides sensitivity to l... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152485 | Acceleration detector An electrode layer is formed on the upper surface of a first substrate, and a processing for partially removing the substrate is carried out in order to allow the substrate to have flexibility. To the lower surface of the first substrate, a second substrate is conne... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148432 | Weight-measuring sensor A weight sensor 10 having a simple structure and yet being capable of detecting load or pressure of an object to be measured in a short time and with high sensitivity and high precision. The sensor includes a first rotating shaft 14 vertically and rota... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7121147 | Force detection device Forces and moments are detected in a distinguishing manner by a simple structure. A supporting member (20) is positioned below a force receiving member (10), which receives forces to be detected, and between these components, at least two columnar forc... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123027 | Capacitively coupled position encoder One embodiment of the present invention includes a sensor with a face having several tracks spaced apart from one another. One of these tracks has a first electrode and a second electrode separated by an electrically nonconductive gap. Also included is a detection d... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123028 | Force detector The invention provides a force detector in which power consumption is suppressed. Four electrodes E11 through E14 are formed on a substrate, and an elastic deformable body formed of a rubber film is disposed thereon. A conductive coating is applied on ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114402 | Sensor element device for a capacitive contact switch with an electrically conductive body and method for the manufacture of such a body According to an embodiment of the invention, a sensor element device for a capacitive contact switch can be formed from a foam body with several portions. There are electrically conductive areas with a sensor element surface and an electrical contact face, as well a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104146 | Position sensor comprising elastomeric material The present invention relates to transducers for converting the spatial position of an object into an electrical signal, more specific to a novel position sensor which has advantages of simplicity, long-term stability and durability. According to the invention, a po... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106684 | Device for writing and reading data by using cantilever Device for writing and reading a data including a floated cantilever part connected to a support, a resistively heated tip at an end of the cantilever part, and a piezoelectric sensor formed on the cantilever part, thereby preventing an occurrence of a sensing error... | 09/12/2006 |
