G01D 5/241
By relative movement of capacitor electrodes
Official title: by relative movement of capacitor electrodes
G01D5/241 (By relative movement of capacitor electrodes) appears on 754 US grants and 573 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Apparatus and method of producing a sensing substrate4 Aug 2026US 12,698,024 B2Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC
- Rotary sensor and sensor substrate4 Aug 2026US 12,698,984 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Position sensing for a rotational angle sensor2 Jun 2026US 12,644,689 B2Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Force-detecting input structure27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252033 A1Apple Inc.
- Material removal device comprising an impedance detection system for detecting the tool coming into contact with a metal reinforcement contained in the object being worked on16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202221 A1Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Controlling power states of inductive sensor circuit utilizing capacitive sensor circuit21 May 2026US 2026/0139970 A1Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Sensor and electronic device21 May 2026US 2026/0139972 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Capacitive sensor detection circuit21 May 2026US 2026/0139973 A1Denso Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Compressible capacitance sensor for determining the presence of an object167US 6,499,359 B1Nartron Corporation · 2002
- Device for measuring the relative position of two objects159US 4,339,709 AFacom · 1982
- capacitive sensor interface circuit146US 5,751,154 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Multi-dimensional capacitive transducer146US 5,869,751 AHysitron, Inc. · 1999
- Apparatus for sensing and transmitting in a wireless manner a value to be measured125US 5,181,423 AHottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH · 1993