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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2019
Banner Engineering Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Charles Dolezalek, Stacy, MN (US);
Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine, Elk River, MN (US);
Maximilian John Aponte, Shakopee, MN (US);
Neal A. Schumacher, Plymouth, MN (US);
Banner Engineering Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An indicator module includes first electrodes disposed on a first support surface, each of the first electrodes having a flexible portion having a sloped section forming an oblique angle with the first support surface, a second electrodes disposed on a second support surface spaced apart from the first support surface along a longitudinal direction, a set of conductors elongated substantially in the longitudinal direction, each of the first electrodes being electrically connected to the a respective one of the second electrodes via a respective one of the conductors, and an indicator circuit, such as a set of LEDs, electrically connected to one or more of the conductors and adapted to generate a human perceptible signal when the indicator circuit receives electrical power from the one or more of the conductors.