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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reimund Plottnik, Viersen, DE;
Hans Wilde, Ennepetal, DE;
Assignee:
Draftex Industries Limited, Eroinburgh, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/16 ;
Abstract
A force-responsive sensor comprises upper and lower cover layers, one superimposed on the other. The underside of the upper layer carries a first conductive layer which is electrically insulated from a second conductive layer carried by the upper surface of the lower cover sheet by a series of electrically insulating spacers placed along the length of the sensor with longitudinally spaced gaps between them, each spacer extending over substantially the full width of the sensor and being obliquely inclined to the longitudinal direction of the sensor.