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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2004
Oliver H. Lieder, Carson City, NV (US);
Jack E. Howard, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Oliver H. Lieder, Carson City, NV (US);
Jack E. Howard, Gardnerville, NV (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A non-contact capacitive sensor probe including a metallic sensor having a first surface opposite a dielectric medium to be sensed; a plurality of active metallic shields adjacent to the metallic sensor, each of the active metallic shields having a pattern of grooves inhibiting eddy currents on a surface of the shield, wherein the pattern on one shield does not overlap with the pattern on a second shield, and a passive metallic shield adjacent the active metallic shields, such that active metallic shields are sandwiched between the metallic sensor and the passive metallic shield.