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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:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas R Sommer, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Assignee:
Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc., Santa Rose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
738657 ; 338-2 ; 338306 ;
Abstract
A transparent strain sensitive surface is disclosed which is suitable for strain gages, video terminal touch panels, security panels (windows, display cases, etc.). The strain gage includes a transparent, strain sensitive conductor of indium tin oxide (ITO) or indium oxide (IO) on a transparent substrate. The strain sensitive panels include a crossed xy matrix of transparent IO or ITO strain sensitive conductors formed on the same side or on opposite sides of a transparent substrate.