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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:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian L Norling, Mill Creek, WA (US);
James R Woodruff, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
AlliedSignal Inc., Morris Township, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7351415 ; 73 1 / ;
Abstract
A tunnel current position sensor has a first sensing electrode coupled to a compliant beam for providing force relief to the sensor. The beam is connected in fixed relationship with a first object. A second sensing electrode is coupled to a second object. The compliant beam elastically deforms to prevent damage resulting from crashing of the electrodes.