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Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2008
Applicants:

Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Niskayuna, NY (US);

William Guy Morris, Rexford, NY (US);

Cheryl Margaret Surman, Albany, NY (US);

Katharine Dovidenko, Rexford, NY (US);

Tracy Lynn Paxon, Waterford, NY (US);

Inventors:

Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Niskayuna, NY (US);

William Guy Morris, Rexford, NY (US);

Cheryl Margaret Surman, Albany, NY (US);

Katharine Dovidenko, Rexford, NY (US);

Tracy Lynn Paxon, Waterford, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A sensor is provided. The sensor comprises at least one sensing device comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and a gap defined as a distance between one or more facing inner surfaces of the first and second electrodes, wherein the gap distance at least in part determines a threshold of one or more sensed parameters, and an antenna in operative association with the sensing device.


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