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7248142 Thin deflectable resistor  
A system and method for a deflectable resistor. The deflectable resistor has a first layer of conductive material and a second layer of conductive material on a top surface of a substrate, said...
7213323 Method of forming an electronic pressure sensitive transducer on a printed circuit board  
The cost and complexity of an electronic pressure sensitive transducer are decreased by constructing such a transducer directly on a printed circuit board containing support electronics. Conductive...
7190251 Variable resistance devices and methods  
A method of providing a variable resistance from a resistive member including a resistive resilient material comprises electrically coupling a first conductor with the resistive member at a first...
7170022 Architectural preset rotary and preset slide control and non-preset controls  
An architectural preset rotary and preset slide control device comprising an N-mode latch mechanically coupled to a switch having a pole and a plurality of receiving terminals. The device further...
7161460 Switching element provided with a foil construction  
A switching element provided with a foil construction includes a first supporting foil and a second supporting foil that are kept at a distance from one another via a spacer. The spacer has a...
7080562 High-sensitivity pressure conduction sensor for localized pressures and stresses  
A high-sensitivity pressure conduction sensor is presented. The present invention includes a pair of locally resilient conductive layers and a locally resilient pressure conduction composite...
7068142 Pressure-sensitive resistor and pressure-sensitive sensor using the same  
A pressure-sensitive sensor includes two base films opposite to each other, a pair of electrodes provided on the two base films, and first and second pressure-sensitive resistors provided by two...
7064650 Foil-type switching element  
A foil-type switching element comprises a first carrier foil having a first electrode arrangement applied thereon and a second carrier foil having a second electrode arrangement applied thereon,...
7060923 Key  
A key has a varying response depending on the manner of depression. The key comprises at least a base and a switching element arranged curved relative to one another. Between the switching element...
6967561 Current control device  
A current control device is described wherein a pressure conduction composite is compressed and decompressed to alter its conductivity and thereby current conduction through the device. The...
6909354 Electronic pressure sensitive transducer apparatus and method for manufacturing same  
The cost and complexity of an electronic pressure sensitive transducer are decreased by constructing such a transducer directly on a printed circuit board containing support electronics. Conductive...
6753756 Control device for wearable electronics  
In a garment 10, 12 incorporating an electronic device such as a radio 16 , a variable of the device, such as volume, is varied by the use of two cords 22, 24 , the electrical resistance of...
6737953 Passenger detector  
A description is given of a passenger detector comprising a flexible support of insulating material, at least two electrode structures placed on said insulating substrate at a certain distance from...
6714117 Detector constructed from fabric  
A position sensor is arranged to detect the position of a mechanical interaction, such as the application of manual pressure. A first fabric layer has electrically conductive fibers machined...
6646540 Conductive structures  
A conductive structure is used in electric variable resistance devices to provide changes in electrical resistance with movement and changes in pressure, the variable resistance device comprising...
6616534 Button control for use in a game controller  
A button control for use in game controllers is arranged such that when the button is pressed down, the angle and magnitude of the force of each depression will determine the amount of contact...
6611256 Touch screen dielectric separators  
A touch screen assembly for contact input systems, with the touch screen including a base substrate with an electrically resistive coating thereon. An array of reticulated spaced raised projections...
6590177 Membrane switch and pressure sensitive sensor  
A pressure sensitive sensor is composed of a pair of upper and lower electrodes sheets 1 and 2 disposed oppositely, a spacer 3 interposed between both of the sheets 1 and 2, and adhesives...
6568068 Fabrication of PTC heating devices  
A method and system for fabricating electrical heating devices employing positive temperature coefficient (PTC) thermistor as heating elements which includes: assembling the heating devices with...
6563415 Analog sensor(s) with snap-through tactile feedback  
An analog sensor depressible by a single human finger/thumb. Depressive force is applied to a dome-cap and to analog materials for varying an analog output of the sensor responsive to varying force...
6452479 Detector contructed from fabric  
A position sensor is arranged to detect the position of a mechanical interaction, such as the application of manual pressure. A first fabric layer has electrically conductive fibers machined...
6437682 Pressure sensitive direction switches  
Pressure sensitive direction devices are provided which may facilitate assembly and provide higher tolerance for variation in alignment of components while still providing for pressure sensitive...
6424339 Touch screen assembly  
A touch screen assembly for contact input systems, with the touch screen including a base substrate with an electrically resistive coating thereon. An array of reticulated spaced raised projections...
6420956 Detection device in which output varies with amount by which elastically deformable contact element is pressed  
A first resistive element and a second resistive element are serially connected to each other, and a contact element having a lower resistivity than the first resistive element elastically contacts...
6411193 Pointing stick with increased sensitivity  
A pointing stick includes a substrate, an input pillar set vertically on the substrate, and at least one strain gauge for sensing pressure and producing pointing signals corresponding to the...
6388556 Film pressure sensitive resistor and pressure sensitive sensor  
A film pressure sensitive resistor comprises conductive particles such as carbon black, a binder such as polyester resin, and spherical elastic particles having an average particle diameter of 2...
6351205 Variable-conductance sensor  
A method of using an analog sensor variably depressed by only a single human finger to variably control an electronic game, the method including the steps: a) depressing, with the human finger, the...
6344791 Variable sensor with tactile feedback  
Structures and methods for using an analog sensor in combination with a user discernable snap-through threshold feedback, the feedback may be created by a dome-cap element of the sensor. The...
6298566 Angular-displacement detecting device  
A device includes a coordinate-detecting sheet and a rotating member having a contact part which circularly slides on the coordinate-detecting sheet. Coordinate data of coordinates of the contact...
6262434 Integrated circuit structures and methods to facilitate accurate measurement of the IC devices  
The present invention relates, in one embodiment, to an integrated circuit including a first circuit structure, a first conductive bonding pad coupled to the first circuit structure, a second...
6201468 Deflection sensor  
A low cost analog deflection sensor assembled from a single component part which lends itself for use as a joystick. A central contact is surrounded by peripheral contacts and aligned by a...
6133820 Current limiting device having a web structure  
An exemplary current limiting device comprises first and second electrodes; a composite material between the first and second electrodes, the composite material comprising: (a) a binder, and (b) an...
6121870 Pressure sensitive transducer with pressure sensitive layer including semi-conductive particles  
Pressure sensitive layers are disposed on respective resin films through electrodes to face each other, and include high conductivity flaky carbon particles and low conductivity amorphous-based...
5999083 Resistive controller using magnetic repulsion  
A membrane potentiometer that uses magnets to keep the membranes separated. A controller has a backplate and a cover that has sidewalls and a top wall which has a central opening defining a cavity....
5997996 Sheet-like pressure-sensitive resistance member having electrodes, method of making the same, and sheet-like pressure-sensitive resistance member  
An electrode-provided sheet-like pressure-sensitive resistance member includes a sheet-like pressure-sensitive resistance member which includes conductive particles arranged such that the...
5990799 Chair occupancy monitoring device  
A chair occupancy monitoring device having pressure sensitive switch housed within a flexible cover. A cushion formed by a pair of foam pads positioned between the cover and the switch protects the...
5977861 Current limiting device with grooved electrode structure  
A current limiting device utilizes an electrically conductive composite material and an inhomogeneous distribution of resistance structure. The current limiting device has a conducting filler and...
5948990 Pressure-sensitive resistor  
The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive resistor in which the resistance between two electrode patterns varies in response to applied pressure, wherein the desired pressure-sensitive...
5945929 Touch control potentiometer  
A touch control potentiometer is formed of a lower lamina bearing on its upper surface a conductive trace of elongate outline, an upper lamina being flexible under digital pressure and bearing on...
5929744 Current limiting device with at least one flexible electrode  
A current limiting device has an electrically conductive composite material, an inhomogeneous distribution of resistance structure comprises a conducting filler, and at least two electrodes. At...
5886615 Pressure activated switching device with piezoresistive material  
A pressure sensitive sparkless switching device includes a layer of piezoresistive cellular polymer foam, at least two conductive layers, and an insulative spacer element having at least one...
5876106 Illuminated controller  
An illuminated controller having a membrane potentiometer for use as a light dimmer or other voltage controlling device. The controller has a backplate that acts as a sturdy base, and a cover,...
5847639 Layered pressure transducer land method for making same  
A variable resistance transducer responsive to an applied pressure including a smooth resistive layer on a flexible substrate and deposited thereon by printing or imaging technology, small points...
5843567 Electrical component containing magnetic particles  
There is disclosed an electrical component having an axial direction and two ends for making electrical contact with another component comprising a plurality of electrically conductive fibers in a...
5808540 Position sensing and signaling system  
In a biofeedback device adapted for sensing position of the Transverse Abdominis Muscle (TAM) on small excursions of the abdominal wall including a sensor which changes resistance on a change in...
5796059 Pressure-sensitive switch apparatus  
A pressure-sensitive switch apparatus for use in monitoring the position of a patient in a bed or chair is provided. The switch includes a resilient conductor disposed between first and second...
5656988 Force sensors with segmental electrodes  
A force sensor employing a segmental electrode construction, with a portion of one of its pair of electrodes being printed on a first backing sheet and another portion of the one electrode being...
5581232 Ultrasonic wave reception apparatus and obstacle detection apparatus  
An obstacle detection apparatus includes a rubber-like elastic body interspersed with electroconductive particles, and means for applying a voltage to the rubber-like elastic body to obtain an...
5489900 Force sensitive transducer for use in a computer keyboard  
A strain sensitive columnar transducer for a data entry keyboard contains a column upstanding from the keyboard. Strain sensitive orthogonally oriented patterns are formed on a single flexible...
5455556 Single station cursor device suitable for keyboards  
A cursor control device includes a single key cursor control which utilizes pressure sensitive resistors for controlling cursor movement. Pressure sensitive resistors are arrayed so as to provide...
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