Johnson Service Corp.

Ivshin Yefim

Paul E Thoma

Jeannine O Colla

Carl F Klein

Scott L Spence

Paul H Froehling

Gary F Oman

Arthur Barootian

A capacitance elastomeric pressure sensor includes top and bottom mounting plates arranged to support a pair of electrode layers. The first electrode layer is supported on the upper surface of a dielectric disc held by an upper mounting plate. The second electrode layer is located beneath the disc and includes a conductive elastomeric layer overlying an elastomeric support layer. In the preferred embodiment, the elastomer is a silicone elastomer and the conductive layer is formed by admixing a conductive carbon powder with the silicone. The sensor is particularly effective in sensing pressure changes in this low range, e.g. 0-1 inch of water. In the most preferred embodiment the elastomeric layer is prestrained for temperature compensation.

Elastomer type low pressure sensor

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Shorewood, WI, United States of America

Ivshin Yefim