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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2023
Kostal of America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Xiaozhong Duan, Troy, MI (US);
Peter Glen Elphick, Rochester, MI (US);
Zhiping Hu, Troy, MI (US);
Steven R. Hoskins, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
Kenneth S. Koscielniak, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Kostal of America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A human-machine interface device includes a touch receiver having a plurality of touch surfaces in distinctly different planes, an elastic strain sensing element having a base and a plurality of legs extending from the base and contacting an associated touch surface, a first linear strain gauge mounted on each leg to detect strain along a first direction and a second strain gauge mounted on each leg to detect strain along a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a processor configured to receive the signals from the strain gauges and determines a command operation intended by a user of the human-machine interface device.