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公开(公告)号:US20180073944A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-15
申请号:US15640473
申请日:2017-07-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Daniel J.B. Bechstein
IPC: G01L1/22
CPC classification number: G01L1/2281 , G01B7/16 , G01L1/2287 , G01L1/2293 , G01L1/26
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a strain sensor having a thermally conductive element and methods related to the use thereto. In one aspect, an embodiment includes a substrate. A first strain-sensitive element may be positioned on a first surface of the substrate and a second strain-sensitive element may be positioned on a second surface of the substrate. The embodiment may further include a thermally conductive post positioned within the substrate and extending beyond at least one of the first or second surfaces. The embodiment may further include a thermally conductive plate separated from the substrate and attached to the thermally conductive post.
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公开(公告)号:US20180073943A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-15
申请号:US15803400
申请日:2017-11-03
Inventor: Changchun Zeng , Zhiyong Liang , Yan Li , Sida Luo , Tao Liu
CPC classification number: G01L1/18 , B29C44/357 , B82Y40/00 , G01L1/2287 , G01L1/26 , G01R29/22
Abstract: The present invention includes scalable and cost-effective auxetic foam sensors (AFS) created through conformably coating a thin conductive nanomaterial-sensing layer on a porous substrate having a negative Poisson's ratio. In general, the auxetic foam sensors possess multimodal sensing capability, such as large deformation sensing, small pressure sensing, shear/torsion sensing and vibration sensing and excellent robustness in humidity environment.
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公开(公告)号:US09903771B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-27
申请号:US15459628
申请日:2017-03-15
Applicant: Sensitronics, LLC
Inventor: Franklin N. Eventoff
CPC classification number: G01L1/2287 , G01L1/205 , G06F3/0414 , G06F3/044
Abstract: In a system for detecting merchandise theft, pre-loaded force sensitive input devices, force sensing resistors (FSR), are formed as a multiple membrane assembly that is capable of detecting low intensity pressure inputs and quantifying varying applications of pressure to the sensor surface. Pre-loading the force sensor elements results in controlled amount of force between the two substrates causing a constant state of pre-load and eliminating the low-end or minimal pressure signal noise associated with unloaded sensors. Pre-loading the force sensing resistor sensors also enables the sensor to detect removal of low intensity pressure input such as might occur during theft of light weight articles placed in contact with the pre-loaded force sensor. Using an FSR or FSR Matrix Array will enable any handling of protected retail packaging to be detected and identified. A library of “touches” can be established that will yield cutting, ripping, twisting, etc. making the detection of a theft in progress more accurate.
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公开(公告)号:US09885621B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-06
申请号:US15137736
申请日:2016-04-25
Applicant: Regents of the University of Minnesota
Inventor: Lucy E. Dunne , Guido Gioberto
IPC: G01L5/10 , G01L1/22 , G01L5/04 , G01L1/26 , D03D15/00 , D05B97/12 , G01L1/20 , D05B93/00 , G01B7/16 , D05B97/08
Abstract: A stitched sensor including a plurality of threads stitched to a textile in a stitch geometry is described. The plurality of threads includes a conductive thread, and the stitch geometry is configured such that an electrical property of the stitched sensor changes based on at least one of stretching, relaxation, or bending of the textile. Methods for forming a stitched sensor are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US09857251B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-02
申请号:US15136022
申请日:2016-04-22
Applicant: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Kazumasa Seo , Hisayoshi Okuya
IPC: G01L1/00 , G01L1/26 , B60R21/015 , B60N2/00 , G01G19/414 , B60N2/07 , G01G3/12 , G01G19/08 , G01G3/14 , G01L1/22 , G01G21/28
CPC classification number: G01L1/26 , B60N2/002 , B60N2/0732 , B60R21/015 , B60R21/01512 , B60R21/01516 , B60R21/0152 , G01G3/12 , G01G3/1402 , G01G19/08 , G01G19/4142 , G01G21/28 , G01L1/2206 , G01L1/2287
Abstract: A load detection apparatus includes a strain element including a first fixation hole into which a fixation member is insertable to be positioned, a second fixation hole into which a connection member is insertable to be positioned, a strain gage, and a fixation support member inserted to be positioned within the first fixation hole, the first fixation hole serving as an elongated bore, the fixation support member including a base portion specified to be greater than the first fixation hole, an intermediate shaft portion protruding from the base portion and fitted to the first fixation hole, and an insertion hole into which the fixation member is inserted to be positioned, the insertion hole being provided in a state where a center position of the insertion hole is displaced relative to a center position of the intermediate shaft portion in a longitudinal direction thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US09845554B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-19
申请号:US15055395
申请日:2016-02-26
Inventor: Mei Zhang , Shaoli Fang , Ray H. Baughman , Anvar A. Zakhidov , Ali E. Aliev , Sergey Li , Chris Williams
CPC classification number: C01B32/158 , B01L3/502707 , B29C47/0059 , B32B5/02 , B32B5/12 , B32B18/00 , B32B37/12 , B32B2262/106 , B32B2307/202 , B32B2310/00 , B32B2313/04 , B82Y10/00 , B82Y30/00 , B82Y40/00 , C01B32/15 , C01B32/154 , C01B32/16 , C01B32/164 , C01B32/168 , C01B32/17 , C01B32/18 , C01B32/36 , C01B2202/06 , C01B2202/08 , C04B35/62231 , C04B35/62272 , C04B35/62281 , C04B35/62855 , C04B35/62892 , C04B35/62897 , C04B35/80 , C04B2235/422 , C04B2235/5248 , C04B2235/526 , C04B2235/5264 , C04B2235/616 , C23C16/44 , C23C16/50 , D01F9/08 , D01F9/12 , D01F9/127 , D01F9/1273 , D01F9/1275 , D02G3/16 , D02G3/28 , D02G3/44 , D04H3/002 , D06B15/00 , D06M15/256 , D06M15/333 , D10B2101/122 , G01L1/2287 , G02F1/133308 , G02F2001/133334 , G02F2001/1515 , H01B1/24 , H01B5/08 , H01G11/36 , H01L51/0048 , H01L51/444 , H01L51/5206 , H01L51/5234 , H01L51/5296 , H01M4/8605 , H01M4/926 , H01M10/0565 , H05K9/0081 , Y02E10/549 , Y02E60/13 , Y02P70/521 , Y10S977/742 , Y10S977/745 , Y10S977/746 , Y10S977/752 , Y10S977/843 , Y10S977/844 , Y10S977/847 , Y10S977/848 , Y10S977/932 , Y10S977/948 , Y10S977/961 , Y10T428/30
Abstract: The present invention is directed to nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets; to methods of making said yarns, ribbons, and sheets; and to applications of said yarns, ribbons, and sheets. In some embodiments, the nanotube yarns, ribbons, and sheets comprise carbon nanotubes. Particularly, such carbon nanotube yarns of the present invention provide unique properties and property combinations such as extreme toughness, resistance to failure at knots, high electrical and thermal conductivities, high absorption of energy that occurs reversibly, up to 13% strain-to-failure compared with the few percent strain-to-failure of other fibers with similar toughness, very high resistance to creep, retention of strength even when heated in air at 450° C. for one hour, and very high radiation and UV resistance, even when irradiated in air. Furthermore these nanotube yarns can be spun as one micron diameter yarns and plied at will to make two-fold, four-fold, and higher fold yarns. Additional embodiments provide for the spinning of nanofiber sheets having arbitrarily large widths. In still additional embodiments, the present invention is directed to applications and devices that utilize and/or comprise the nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets of the present invention.
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公开(公告)号:US09841331B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-12
申请号:US14346853
申请日:2012-09-24
Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
Inventor: Robert J. Wood , Yong-Lae Park , Carmel S. Majidi , Bor-rong Chen , Leia Stirling , Conor James Walsh , Radhika Nagpal , Diana Young , Yigit Menguc
IPC: G01L1/22 , B25J13/08 , G06F3/01 , A61B5/103 , A61B5/11 , A61F2/10 , A43B13/20 , A43B23/02 , A61B5/00
CPC classification number: G01L1/22 , A43B13/203 , A43B23/029 , A61B5/1036 , A61B5/112 , A61B5/6807 , A61B2562/0247 , A61B2562/0261 , A61F2/105 , B25J13/08 , G01L1/2287 , G06F3/011 , G06F3/014
Abstract: An elastic strain sensor can be incorporated into an artificial skin that can sense flexing by the underlying support structure of the skin to detect and track motion of the support structure. The uni-directional elastic strain sensor can be formed by filling two or more channels in an elastic substrate material with a conductive liquid. At the ends of the channels, a loop port connects the channels to form a serpentine channel. The channels extend along the direction of strain and the loop portions have sufficiently large cross-sectional area in the direction transverse to the direction of strain that the sensor is unidirectional. The resistance is measured at the ends of the serpentine channel and can be used to determine the strain on the sensor. Additional channels can be added to increase the sensitivity of the sensor. The sensors can be stacked on top of each other to increase the sensitivity of the sensor. In other embodiments, two sensors oriented in different directions can be stacked on top of each other and bonded together to form a bidirectional sensor. A third sensor formed by in the shape of a spiral or concentric rings can be stacked on top and used to sense contact or pressure, forming a three dimensional sensor. The three dimensional sensor can be incorporated into an artificial skin to provide advanced sensing.
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公开(公告)号:US20170327377A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-16
申请号:US15299553
申请日:2016-10-21
Inventor: Mei Zhang , Shaoli Fang , Ray H. Baughman , Anvar A. Zakhidov , Kenneth Ross Atkinson , Ali E. Aliev , Sergey Li , Chris Williams
IPC: C01B32/15 , H01M10/0565 , H01M4/92 , H01L51/52 , H01L51/44 , H01L51/00 , H01G11/36 , H01B5/08 , H01B1/24 , G02F1/1333 , G01L1/22 , D06M15/333 , D06M15/256 , D06B15/00 , D04H3/002 , D02G3/44 , D02G3/28 , D02G3/16 , D01F9/127 , D01F9/12 , D01F9/08 , C23C16/50 , C23C16/44 , C04B35/80 , C04B35/628 , C04B35/622 , B82Y10/00 , B32B37/12 , B32B18/00 , B32B5/12 , B32B5/02 , B29C47/00 , B01L3/00 , C01B32/36 , C01B32/154 , H05K9/00 , H01M4/86 , G02F1/15 , B82Y40/00 , B82Y30/00
CPC classification number: C01B32/158 , B01L3/502707 , B29C47/0059 , B32B5/02 , B32B5/12 , B32B18/00 , B32B37/12 , B32B2262/106 , B32B2307/202 , B32B2310/00 , B32B2313/04 , B82Y10/00 , B82Y30/00 , B82Y40/00 , C01B32/15 , C01B32/154 , C01B32/16 , C01B32/164 , C01B32/168 , C01B32/17 , C01B32/18 , C01B32/36 , C01B2202/06 , C01B2202/08 , C04B35/62231 , C04B35/62272 , C04B35/62281 , C04B35/62855 , C04B35/62892 , C04B35/62897 , C04B35/80 , C04B2235/422 , C04B2235/5248 , C04B2235/526 , C04B2235/5264 , C04B2235/616 , C23C16/44 , C23C16/50 , D01F9/08 , D01F9/12 , D01F9/127 , D01F9/1273 , D01F9/1275 , D02G3/16 , D02G3/28 , D02G3/44 , D04H3/002 , D06B15/00 , D06M15/256 , D06M15/333 , D10B2101/122 , G01L1/2287 , G02F1/133308 , G02F2001/133334 , G02F2001/1515 , H01B1/24 , H01B5/08 , H01G11/36 , H01L51/0048 , H01L51/444 , H01L51/5206 , H01L51/5234 , H01L51/5296 , H01M4/8605 , H01M4/926 , H01M10/0565 , H05K9/0081 , Y02E10/549 , Y02E60/13 , Y02P70/521 , Y10S977/742 , Y10S977/745 , Y10S977/746 , Y10S977/752 , Y10S977/843 , Y10S977/844 , Y10S977/847 , Y10S977/848 , Y10S977/932 , Y10S977/948 , Y10S977/961 , Y10T428/30
Abstract: A nanofiber forest on a substrate can be patterned to produce a patterned assembly of nanofibers that can be drawn to form nanofiber sheets, ribbons, or yarns.
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公开(公告)号:US20170211994A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-27
申请号:US15367486
申请日:2016-12-02
Applicant: NITTA Corporation
Inventor: Hisashi Yamamoto , Akira Ozeki
CPC classification number: G01L1/225 , G01L1/2287 , G01L5/0085
Abstract: A pressure measurement device includes a platen, a pressure sensor, a signal acquisition section, and a data processing section. The pressure sensor includes a plurality of pressure-sensitive points arranged on the platen. The signal acquisition section is configured to acquire measurement data that is obtained when a measurement object in contact with a surface of the platen passes over the pressure sensor a plurality of times. The measurement object moves relative to the platen and along a circular orbit on the platen. The data processing section is configured to calculate periods in each of which the measurement object passes over the pressure sensor and to acquire period data for each of the periods from the measurement data.
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公开(公告)号:US20170184462A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-29
申请号:US15459628
申请日:2017-03-15
Applicant: Sensitronics, LLC
Inventor: Franklin N. Eventoff
CPC classification number: G01L1/2287 , G01L1/205 , G06F3/0414 , G06F3/044
Abstract: Pre-loaded force sensitive input devices, force sensing resistors (FSR), are formed as a multiple membrane assembly that is capable of detecting low intensity pressure inputs and quantifying varying applications of pressure to the sensor surface. Pre-loading the force sensor elements results in controlled amount of force between the two substrates causing a constant state of pre-load and eliminating the low-end or minimal pressure signal noise associated with unloaded sensors. Pre-loading the force sensing resistor sensors also enables the sensor to detect removal of low intensity pressure input such as might occur during theft of light weight articles placed in contact with the pre-loaded force sensor. Using an FSR or FSR Matrix Array will enable any handling of protected retail packaging to be detected and identified. A library of “touches” can be established that will yield cutting, ripping, twisting, etc. making the detection of a theft in progress more accurate.
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