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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Jacques Beauvais, Sherbrooke, CA;
Patrick Boissy, Sherbrooke, CA;
Jonathan Genest, Sherbrooke, CA;
Annick Sauve, Bromont, CA;
Jacques Beauvais, Sherbrooke, CA;
Patrick Boissy, Sherbrooke, CA;
Jonathan Genest, Sherbrooke, CA;
Annick Sauve, Bromont, CA;
Societe de Commercialisation des Produits de la Recherche Appliquee—Socpra-Sciences et Genie S.E.C., Sherbrooke, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an element for sensing strain, stress or force. The sensing element comprises a substrate, a pair of electrodes on the substrate, and a network of carbon nanotubes for sensing the strain, stress or force within a structure. The network of carbon nanotubes defines at least in part an electrical path between the electrodes of the pair, and the electrical path has a resistance which is altered by the sensed strain, stress or force. Combining a plurality of sensing elements coupled to a common substrate forms a sensing system.