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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2004
Kenneth Ford, Panama City, FL (US);
Jeffery Pray, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
Chris Richburg, Panama City, FL (US);
Charles Bernstein, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
Kenneth Ford, Panama City, FL (US);
Jeffery Pray, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
Chris Richburg, Panama City, FL (US);
Charles Bernstein, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A tactile sensor comprises a sensing bladder in pneumatic communication with a first diaphragm side of a pneumatic diaphragm via a first fluid; the pneumatic diaphragm being actuatable by a displacement of the first fluid within the sensing bladder; the pneumatic diaphragm further comprising a second diaphragm side in fluid isolation from the first diaphragm side; the second diaphragm side being pneumatically biased against the first diaphragm side, and the second diaphragm side and the first diaphragm side of the pneumatic diaphragm each being in pneumatic communication with an external environment.