Electrical resistors – Mechanically variable – Deformable
Patent
1980-04-16
1982-02-02
Albritton, C. L.
Electrical resistors
Mechanically variable
Deformable
84 114, 338 99, H01C 1010
Patent
active
043142281
ABSTRACT:
A pressure transducer device particularly useful in an electronic musical instrument includes a flexible base folded to define upper and lower flexible base portions, a donut-shaped first spacer between the upper and lower base portions and a resiliently deformable diaphragm attached about its periphery to the upper flexible base portion with a second donut-shaped spacer therebetween. A center region of the diaphragm laterally spaced from the second spacer is adhesively attached to a central region of the upper flexible base portion so that the upper flexible base portion moves inwardly and outwardly in response to the movement of the diaphragm. A pair of conductors are disposed on the folded flexible base member to face one another. A pressure responsive composition disposed over the conductors provides a contact resistance across the pair of conductors which varies inversely with the amount of pressure force exerted against the diaphragm. The upper flexible base portion may be attached between the first and second spacers about its entire periphery or at a small hinge region with the upper base portion being a flap movable about the hinge region in the region surrounded by the first spacer.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2212247 (1940-08-01), Randolph
patent: 2474662 (1949-06-01), Fuller
patent: 3093806 (1963-06-01), Gutterman
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