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Device for converting a force or a pressure into an electrical signal and method for producing such a device

US9243964B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HYDAC Electronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Brode · Hermsdorf, DE
André Keiner · Thalheim/Erzgebirge, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 11, 2012
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49002
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device (1) converts a force or a pressure into an electrical signal and has a first deformation element (10), in particular a first membrane (12), to apply the force or the pressure to the device (1) and a second deformation element (20), in particular a second membrane (22), to convert the deflection of the force or the pressure into an electrical signal. The first deformation element (10) has a first force transmitter (14), and the second deformation element (20) has a second force transmitter (24) for transmitting the force from the first deformation element (10) to the second deformation element (20). The first force transmitter (14) is rigidly connected at its end distant from the first deformation element (10) to the end of the second force transmitter (24) distant from the second deformation element (20). Both compressive forces and tensile force can be transmitted from the first deformation element (10) to the second deformation element (20) by the first and second force transmitters (14, 24). A method produces that device.

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