Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable geometry and stiffness control for fluid filled sensor
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Application No.: US16836390Application Date: 2020-03-31
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Publication No.: US11408788B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Alexander Alspach , Naveen Suresh Kuppuswamy , Avinash Uttamchandani
- Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Altos
- Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Altos
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: G01L5/00
- IPC: G01L5/00 ; G01L1/04 ; B25J13/08

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods for adjusting the high flex point of a deformable sensor are disclosed herein. A deformable sensor may include an enclosure comprising a housing and a deformable membrane coupled to an upper portion of the housing, where the enclosure is configured to be filled with a medium, a contact mechanism coupled to the housing and selectively adjustable such that adjusting a position of the contact mechanism causes a change in a location of a high flex point of the deformable membrane, and an internal sensor, disposed within the enclosure, having a field of view configured to be directed through the medium and toward a bottom surface of the deformable membrane, where the internal sensor is configured to output a deformation region within the deformable membrane when placed in contact an object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210302248A1 VARIABLE GEOMETRY AND STIFFNESS CONTROL FOR FLUID FILLED SENSOR Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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