Force sensing membrane

Measuring and testing – Specimen stress or strain – or testing by stress or strain... – Specified electrical sensor or system

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Reexamination Certificate

active

11020289

ABSTRACT:
A force sensing membrane comprises (a) a first conductor that is movable toward a second conductor; (b) a second conductor; and (c) a composite material disposed between the first and second conductors for electrically connecting the first and second conductors under application of sufficient pressure therebetween; and (d) means for measuring dynamic electrical response across the force sensing membrane, the composite material comprising conductive particles at least partially embedded in an elastomeric layer, the conductive particles having no relative orientation and being disposed so that substantially all electrical connections made between the first and second conductors are in the z direction, and the elastomeric layer being capable of returning to substantially its original dimensions on release of pressure.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3475213 (1969-10-01), Stow
patent: 3699294 (1972-10-01), Sudduth
patent: 3879618 (1975-04-01), Larson
patent: 4098945 (1978-07-01), Oehmke
patent: 4164634 (1979-08-01), Gilano
patent: 4317013 (1982-02-01), Larson
patent: 4385215 (1983-05-01), Lemberg
patent: 4421958 (1983-12-01), Kameda
patent: 4575580 (1986-03-01), Jandrell
patent: RE32180 (1986-06-01), Lewiner et al.
patent: 4644101 (1987-02-01), Jin et al.
patent: 4775765 (1988-10-01), Kimura et al.
patent: 4801771 (1989-01-01), Mizuguchi et al.
patent: 4829349 (1989-05-01), Luryi
patent: 4914416 (1990-04-01), Kunikane
patent: 4963417 (1990-10-01), Taniguchi et al.
patent: 5209967 (1993-05-01), Wright et al.
patent: 5243162 (1993-09-01), Kobayashi
patent: 5296837 (1994-03-01), Yaniger
patent: 5302936 (1994-04-01), Yaniger
patent: 5371327 (1994-12-01), Fujinami et al.
patent: 5593395 (1997-01-01), Martz
patent: 5898426 (1999-04-01), Kim
patent: 5925001 (1999-07-01), Hoyt et al.
patent: 5986223 (1999-11-01), Kim
patent: 5995198 (1999-11-01), Mizutani
patent: 5997996 (1999-12-01), Tamura
patent: 6073497 (2000-06-01), Jiang et al.
patent: 6078274 (2000-06-01), Inou
patent: 6088024 (2000-07-01), Yamagata
patent: 6114645 (2000-09-01), Burgess
patent: 6118435 (2000-09-01), Fujita et al.
patent: 6121869 (2000-09-01), Burgess
patent: 6287253 (2001-09-01), Ortega et al.
patent: 6296066 (2001-10-01), Terry et al.
patent: 6310614 (2001-10-01), Maeda et al.
patent: 6369803 (2002-04-01), Brisebois et al.
patent: 6441118 (2002-08-01), Sherman et al.
patent: 6569494 (2003-05-01), Chambers et al.
patent: 6809280 (2004-10-01), Divigalpitiya et al.
patent: 6815874 (2004-11-01), Hermle et al.
patent: 6832522 (2004-12-01), Schaefer et al.
patent: 2001/0000915 (2001-05-01), Katchmar
patent: 2002/0119255 (2002-08-01), Divigalpitiya et al.
patent: 2003/0129302 (2003-07-01), Chambers et al.
patent: 2003/0178221 (2003-09-01), Chiu et al.
patent: 2003/0205450 (2003-11-01), Divigalpitiya et al.
patent: 2004/0109096 (2004-06-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 41 14 701 (1992-11-01), None
patent: 1 172 831 (2002-01-01), None
patent: 2 049 290 (1980-12-01), None
patent: 2 134 322 (1984-08-01), None
patent: 2 233 499 (1991-01-01), None
patent: 59-188726 (1984-10-01), None
patent: 60-65406 (1985-04-01), None
patent: 1-132017 (1989-05-01), None
patent: 5-143219 (1993-06-01), None
patent: 7-219697 (1995-08-01), None
patent: 7-296672 (1995-11-01), None
patent: 2000-029612 (2000-01-01), None
patent: 2001-228975 (2001-08-01), None
patent: WO 00/00563 (2000-01-01), None
patent: WO 03/094186 (2003-11-01), None
Fulton et al., Electrical and Mechanical Properties of a Metal-Filled Polymer Composite for Interconnection and Testing Applications, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 0569-5503/89/0071.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Force sensing membrane does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Force sensing membrane, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Force sensing membrane will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3858156

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.