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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth J Overton, Chicopee, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7343 / ; 7386204 ; 73865 ; 338114 ; 338 47 ; 901 44 ;
Abstract
A tactile sensor in which the sensor elements are discrete, elastomeric, electrically conductive, electrically force-sensitive forcel units electrically insulated from one another, each forcel unit defining a local force-resolution region (forcel) for resolving a deflection pattern in the surface of the sensor, each sensor element being connected between a pair of electrical channels which produce a set of signals representative of the deflection pattern in the surface; a sensing system for determining a parameter of an object being contacted by the tactile sensor; and a method of fabricating the sensor.