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Distributed pressure sensor and method for manufacturing the same

US5799533A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 1996
Grant dateSep 1, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/11
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A distributed pressure sensor is constructed such that a wire-like electrode member is arranged in the vertical (row) direction so that electrode surfaces alternately appear on the surface and the rear surface of a sheet-shaped pressure sensitive electrically conductive material, and moreover, a wire-like electrode is arranged also in the lateral (line) direction at right angles to the vertical (row) direction, and intersections defined by the electrode members arranged in the vertical direction and the lateral direction are located such that the pressure sensitive electrically conductive material is sandwiched from both the surfaces. The distributed pressure sensor has high flexibility and exhibits improved durability to repeated bending.

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