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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. 28, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kyong M. Park, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Marcos A. Nassar, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kavlico Corporation, Moorpark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/26 ; G01L 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/26 ; G01L 5/04 ;
Abstract
A combined mechanical linkage and force-measuring assembly includes a central capacitive force sensor, in which force applied to the sensor causes the flexing of a diaphragm toward and away from a substrate, and a change in the capacitance between two conductive surfaces on the diaphragm and the substrate is sensed and processed to indicate the direction and magnitude of the force applied to the linkage. The linkage may have two parts coupled together by a flange which flexes under applied forces, to change the spacing of the conductive surfaces.