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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:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kirk A Reinbold, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Robert J Goldman, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Preventive Medical Technologies, Inc., Phoenixvill, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600595 ; 600587 ; 600592 ; 361291 ;
Abstract
A capacitive force sensor which has a plurality of layers forming a force sensing detector, the detector providing a signal in response to pressure, feedback output in response to the signal from the force sensing detector and a housing for encompassing the force sensing detector and the feedback providing element. The housing can be a squeeze ball, squeeze cylinder, a hitting target, a baseball or golf glove or can be implemented as part of an actual grip, such as for a golf club.