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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:
Aug. 23, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence J Rhoades, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Donald Risko, Monroeville, PA (US);
Ralph L Resnick, Slickville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Extrude Hone Corporation, Irwin, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324 / ; 324 / ; 7386204 ; 7386268 ; 414-5 ; 901 33 ; 901 46 ; 361283 ;
Abstract
An arrangement for a tactile sensing system involved in the determination of object shape, contour, orientation and detection of slip finding one use in real time control of robotically manipulated tools. The sensor uses contact between the object and a gripper upon which the sensor is disposed wherein the object surface forms one plate of the sensing electrode.