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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Pilz Gmbh & Co. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Hansjürgen Horter, Oberboihingen, DE;
Karl Gönner, Riedlingen, DE;
Paul Hofmann, Illertissen, DE;
Metin Caliskan, Reutlingen, DE;
Onedin Ibrocevic, Ostfildern, DE;
Matthias Kuczera, Ostfildern, DE;
Pilz GmbH & Co. KG, Ostfildern, DE;
Abstract
A woven fabric includes first and second woven fabric layers with an intermediate layer in between, which form a sensor with an electrical characteristic that changes while a force is acting on the woven fabric. The first layer includes electrically conductive strips and electrically non-conductive strips arranged adjacent to one another in an alternating manner. The second layer includes alternating conductive strips and non-conductive strips that extend transverse to the strips of the first layer. At least some of the threads in each of the conductive strips of the first layer are conductive weft threads. At least some of the threads in each of the conductive strips of the second layer are conductive weft threads. The non-conductive strips of the first and second layers are weft threads.