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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl Billen, Körperich, DE;
Laurent Federspiel, Asselschever, LU;
Edgard Theiss, Kelmis, BE;
Reinhard Knecht, Mettendorf, DE;
Assignee:
I.E.E. International Electronics & Engineering S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/04 ;
Abstract
A pressure sensitive area sensor having a two-dimensional support structure which is made up essentially of flexible strips and of several pressure-sensitive switching elements which are distributed over the area of the supporting structure, with the switching elements being connected to each other by connecting means. The pressure-sensitive switching elements are supported, at least where the supporting structure is subjected to large three-dimensional deformations, by free-standing projections of the connecting strips.