Bose Corporation

Sensata Technologies, Inc.

Michael A Shramko

Robert A Warden

Peter C Santoro

Kenneth Dylan Jacob

Stuart Raymond Jang

Craig Jackson

Joseph John Kutil, Iii

John W Mazejka

Shihong Huo

Eric A Wolf

Sam Black

Jianzhuan Lin

Roberto L Rivera

Mark Taddonio

A force sensor, flexible sensing element, and method for the force sensor are disclosed. The force sensor uses a flexible sense element with two flexible arms dedicated to measuring strain related to a pitch force and two flexible arms dedicated to measuring strain related to roll force. The use of two channels for each measurement provides a command lane and a monitor lane for strain measurements. Strain gauges are disposed on both the top and the bottom surfaces of each arm, thus providing two completely redundant systems. When a failure is detected in one of the systems, the redundant system can be implemented.

Force sensor assembly

A compact and portable loudspeaker system operable in two configurations includes a driver array and a base unit having a bass enclosure and a dock. In an extended configuration, the driver array is supported by one or more extension legs between three to eight feet above the base unit where one of the extension legs is held by the dock. The base unit may be placed on a floor of a small to medium venue with the mid-to-high range driver array elevated near or above the elevation of an audience in the venue. In a compact configuration, the driver array is directly supported by the dock and the base unit and driver array may be placed on a table or desk in a classroom, conference room, or other such small to medium venue. The portable loudspeaker system may be transported in the compact configuration.

Dual configuration speaker

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South Attleboro, MA, United States of America

Michael A Shramko