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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Bend Labs, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Shawn P. Reese, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jared K. Jonas, Seattle, WA (US);
Colton Allen Ottley, Farmington, UT (US);
Garvin Tran, South Jordan, UT (US);
Nathan Briggs, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bend Labs Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a first force sensing region of footwear. The first force sensing region includes a first force sensor unit. The first force sensor unit includes a first compliant capacitor disposed with respect to a first plane. The first force sensor unit also includes a strain transformation structure disposed with respect to the first plane. The strain transformation structure includes a first transformation element coupled to an outer surface of the first electrode of the first compliant capacitor and a second transformation element coupled to an outer surface of the second electrode of the first compliant capacitor.