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Flexible sensor curtain

US11970904B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Christian Eggenberger · Wil, CH
Jens Rathgeber · Königstein, DE
Toby Zenerino · Gachnang, CH
Michael Egger · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 14, 2020
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K7/20209
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A flexible curtain defines a major surface and is configured to repeatedly actuate to move between a deployed configuration and a stowed configuration. Two sensors are configured to detect different condition and are removably attached to two sensor attachment locations. The major surface extends across an operational surface of a target system such that the sensors detect the conditions of the target system when the flexible curtain defines the deployed configuration. The flexible curtain and the sensors converge at a predetermined edge of the flexible curtain to expose the operational surface of the target system when the flexible curtain defines the stowed configuration.

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