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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2022
Piana Nonwovens, Llc, Cartersville, GA (US);
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (Cnr), Rome, IT;
Andrea Piana, Cartersville, GA (US);
Michael Stephen Defranks, Cartersville, GA (US);
Andy Hollis, Cartersville, GA (US);
Sang-Hoon Lim, Cartersville, GA (US);
Nicola Coppede, Cartersville, GA (US);
Andrea Zappettini, Cartersville, GA (US);
Manuele Bettelli, Cartersville, GA (US);
Marco Villani, Cartersville, GA (US);
Piana Nonwovens, LLC, Cartersville, GA (US);
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Richerche, Rome, IT;
Abstract
Examples include a functionalized compressible nonwoven material (CNM) cushion with a three-dimensional (3D) pressure-varying electrical conductance (PVEC) region. Integrated with the PVEC surface area is a conductive ink printed on thermoplastic film (CPT) single-sided conductance measurement coupling. The CPT single-sided conductance measurement coupling includes, on the thermoplastic film, N pairs of contact pads and N pairs of pad connection traces. The N pairs of contact pads are maintained, by thermoplastic adhesion, in direct electrical contact with the PVEC surface areas. The N pairs of connection traces extend from the N pairs of contact pads to trace terminals. A conductance measuring circuit selectively applies, via the N pairs of connection traces, voltage and a path to ground to the pairs of contact pads, and measures the resulting current.